Across Thirteen Conferences
Faculty & Alliances
The conferences convene through a standing network of alliances — medical schools and academic health centers, schools of veterinary medicine, zoos and conservation institutes, research institutes, and public-health agencies — spanning four continents. What follows is the full faculty of record, conference by conference, alongside the institutions that host and sustain the series.
20+
Medical schools & academic health centers
10+
Schools of veterinary medicine
8+
Zoos, wildlife & conservation institutes
6+
Research institutes & cancer centers
4
Public-health & government agencies
9
Countries represented
Faculty by Conference
2011 · Los Angeles
Inaugural Zoobiquity Conference · UCLA + UC Davis + Los Angeles Zoo
- Bennie Osburn, DVM, PhD — Dean, UC Davis Veterinary School
- Pat Conrad, DVM, PhD — Co-Director, One Health, UC Davis
- Cheryl Scott, RN, DVM, MPVM — Director, One Medicine Program, UC Davis SVM
- Peter J. Dickinson, BVSc, PhD — Neurology/Neurosurgery, UC Davis
- Albert Lai, MD, PhD — UCLA Neuro-Oncology Program
- Mark Kittleson, DVM, PhD — Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Jan Tillisch, MD — Vice Chair, UCLA Department of Medicine
- Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB — Veterinary Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Michael Gitlin, MD — Director, UCLA Mood Disorders Clinic
- Jane Sykes, BVSc, PhD — Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Stephen Barthold, DVM, PhD — Distinguished Professor, UC Davis
- Claire Panosian, MD — Co-Founder, UCLA Program for Global Health
- Stephen J. Ettinger, DVM, FAHA, FACC
- Michael L. Steinberg, MD — Chair, UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology
- Andrew Drexler, MD — Director, Gonda Diabetes Center, UCLA
- Lisa Tell, DVM — Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Christine Kreuder Johnson, VMD, MPVM, PhD — UC Davis
- Jonna Mazet, DVM, MPVM, PhD — Wildlife Health Center, UC Davis
- Ray Wack, DVM — Clinical Professor, UC Davis
- Dick Nelson, DVM — Professor and Chair, Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Joanne Paul-Murphy, DVM — Professor, Medicine and Epidemiology, UC Davis
- Carol Glaser (affiliation details pending)
- Ed Powers (affiliation details pending)
- Scott Larsen (affiliation details pending)
2012 · Los Angeles
Zoobiquity 2 · UCLA + Western University + UC Davis + Smithsonian / National Zoo + Los Angeles Zoo
- Tracey McNamara, DVM — Professor of Pathology, Western University of Health Sciences
- Pierre Comizzoli, PhD, DVM — Reproductive Physiologist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Sherman Silber, MD — Infertility Center of Saint Louis
- David Kersey, PhD — Western University of Health Sciences
- John Glaspy, MD, MPH — Professor of Hematology/Oncology, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Michael Kent, DVM — Associate Professor, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Noah Federman, MD — Director, Pediatric Bone and Soft Tissue Sarcoma, UCLA
- Robert Rebhun, DVM — Assistant Professor, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Jaana Juvonen, PhD — Professor, Developmental Psychology, UCLA
- Melissa Bain, DVM, MS — UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- Mark DeAntonio, MD — Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Semel Institute, UCLA
- Victoria Voith, DVM, PhD — Professor, Animal Behavior, Western University of Health Sciences
- Dominique Griffon, DVM — Associate Dean for Research, Western University of Health Sciences
- Richard Nelson, DVM — Professor and Chair, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
- David Heber, MD, PhD — Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition
- Stephen Ettinger, DVM, FAHA, FACC
2013 · New York
Zoobiquity 3 · Rockefeller University + Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo
- Evelyn Attia, MD — Columbia University
- Paul Calle, VMD, DACZM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- E'Lise Christensen Bell, DVM, DACVB
- Meredith Clancy, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Joan Coates, DVM, DACVIM — University of Missouri
- Kenneth Conley, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Orrin Devinsky, MD — NYU Langone
- Brian Fallon, MD — Columbia University
- Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD — President, Institute of Medicine (Keynote)
- Lisa Freeman, DVM, PhD — Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Richard Friedman, MD — Weill Cornell Medicine
- Richard Goldstein, DVM, DACVIM — Animal Medical Center, New York
- Robert Kaner, MD — Weill Cornell Medicine
- Dale Lange, MD — Weill Cornell / Hospital for Special Surgery
- Jay Lemery, MD
- Nicole Leibman, DVM, DACVIM — Animal Medical Center, New York
- Alice Levine, MD — Mount Sinai Medical Center
- Donna McAloose, VMD — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Robert Moore, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- Ralph Nixon, MD, PhD — NYU Langone
- Larry Norton, MD — Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Elaine Ostrander, PhD — National Institutes of Health
- Jean Paré, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Claire Panosian, MD — UCLA
- Bonnie Raphael, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Tracie Seimon, PhD — Wildlife Conservation Society
- John Sykes, DVM — Wildlife Conservation Society
- Chad West, DVM, DACVIM — Animal Medical Center, New York
2014 · Seattle
Zoobiquity 4 · University of Washington + Woodland Park Zoo
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- Becky Wiester, MD — Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington
- Beth Lipton, DVM — Public Health Veterinarian, Seattle–King County
- Bryan Slinker, DVM, PhD — Former Dean, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Catherine Karr, MD, PhD — Pediatric Environmental Medicine, University of Washington
- Craig Stephen, DVM, PhD — University of British Columbia / Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative (Keynote)
- Dale Moore, DVM, PhD — Veterinary Extension, Washington State University
- Darin Collins, DVM — Medical Director, Woodland Park Zoo
- David Avery, MD — Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry, University of Washington
- Deborah Jensen, PhD
- Ellen Cosgrove, MD — Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, UNLV
- Gretchen Kaufman, DVM — Global Health Education, Washington State University
- Heather Fowler, VMD
- Howard Frumkin, MD, DrPH — Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
- Jerry Cangelosi, PhD — Global Health, University of Washington
- Karen Foster-Schubert, MD — Metabolism and Endocrinology, University of Washington
- Karen Wolf, DVM — Zoological Medicine, Oregon State University
- Kelly Helmick, DVM — Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Kori Dewing, DNP, ARNP
- Larissa Korde, MD, MPH — Oncology, University of Washington / Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Lynne Nelson, DVM — Professor, Cardiology, Washington State University
- Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM — Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Peter Rabinowitz, MD — Director, Center for One Health Research, University of Washington
- Raelynne Farnsworth, DVM — Washington State University
- Robin Cole, MD
- Stephan Carey, DVM — Michigan State University
- Sylvia Glover, JD
2015 · Boston
Zoobiquity 5 · Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Andreas Klein, MD — Director, Hematologic Malignancies, Tufts Medical Center
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- Bruce Chabner, MD — Director of Clinical Research, MGH Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School
- Caroline Apovian, MD — Professor of Medicine, Boston University
- Claire Sharp, BSc, BVMS, DACVECC — Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Deborah Kochevar, DVM, PhD — Dean, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Jean Frazier, MD — Professor, Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Jennifer Graham, DVM, DABVP, DACVZM — Zoological Companion Animal Medicine, Tufts
- John Pollock, DVM — Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- John Rush, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC — Cardiology and Critical Care, Tufts
- Kristine Burgess, DVM — Oncology, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Lisa Freeman, DVM, PhD, DACVN — Clinical Nutrition, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Maureen Murray, DVM — Wildlife Medicine, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Melissa Mazan, DVM, DACVIM — Internal Medicine, Equine Respiratory System, Tufts
- Nicholas Dodman, BVMS — Professor Emeritus, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Paul Weitzel, MD — Orthopedic Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine
- Randy Boudrieau, DVM — Professor Emeritus, Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- Sarah Crain, DVM, DACVIM — Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
- William Rosenblad, DVM — Angell Animal Medical Center
2015 · Sydney
Zoobiquity Sydney · University of Sydney / Charles Perkins Centre
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- Stephen Simpson, FRS — Academic Director, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
- David Raubenheimer, PhD — Leonard P. Ullman Chair of Nutritional Ecology, University of Sydney
- Ian Caterson, MD — Boden Professor of Human Nutrition, University of Sydney
- Amanda Salis, PhD — University of Sydney
- Linda Fleeman, DVM — Animal Diabetes Australia, University of Melbourne
- Christina Adler, PhD — Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney
- Clive Wright — NSW Chief Dental Officer (Emeritus)
- Richard Malik, DVSc — Centre for Veterinary Education, University of Sydney
- Christine Hawke, DVM — Sydney Pet Dentistry
- Bruce Neal, PhD — Professor of Medicine, University of Sydney
- Bridget Kelly, PhD — University of Sydney
- Timothy Gill, PhD — University of Sydney
- Delisa Appleton, DVM — Hill's Pet Nutrition
2016 · Philadelphia
Zoobiquity Philadelphia · University of Pennsylvania + Philadelphia Zoo
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- Carlo Siracusa, DVM, PhD — Animal Behavior, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
- Charles Bradley, VMD — Department of Pathobiology, Penn Vet
- Elizabeth Grice, PhD — Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, Penn
- Gregg Pressman, MD — Cardiovascular Diseases Fellowship, Einstein Medical Center
- Jennifer Gardner, MD — Dermatology, University of Washington School of Medicine
- Jesse Taylor, MD — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Joan Hendricks, VMD, PhD — Gilbert S. Kahn Dean, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
- Joann Slack, DVM — Large Animal Cardiology and Ultrasound, Penn Vet
- Keith Hinshaw, DVM — Director of Animal Health, Philadelphia Zoo
- Kristy Weber, MD — Director, Sarcoma Program, Abramson Cancer Center; Chief, Orthopaedic Oncology, Penn
- La'Toya Latney, DVM — Exotic Companion Animal Medicine, Penn Vet
- Louis M. Bell, MD — Chief, General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Margaret C. Souders, PhD — Human Genetics, Penn Nursing / Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Maria Soltero-Rivera, DVM — Dentistry and Oral Surgery, Penn Vet
- Marieke C. Gartner, PhD — Animal Behavior and Well-Being, Philadelphia Zoo
- Martin Franklin, PhD — Director, Child and Adolescent OCD, Tics, and Anxiety Group, Penn
- Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD — Medicine and Pathobiology, Penn Vet
- Robert D. Schaller, DO — Clinical Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Penn
- Russell Reddin — Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
- Sigrid Veasey, MD, PhD — Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, Penn
- Stephanie Deutsch, MD — Child Abuse Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Stephanie Murphy, VMD, PhD — Director, Division of Comparative Medicine, National Institutes of Health
- Tanja Kral, PhD — Nutritional Sciences, Penn School of Nursing
- Tim Georoff, VMD — Associate Veterinarian, Philadelphia Zoo
- Tom Parsons, VMD, PhD — Swine Production Medicine, Penn Vet
2016 · New York
Zoobiquity Neuropsychiatry Conference · NYU Langone + Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Jordyn Boesch, DVM, DACVAA — Anesthesiology, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Sofia Cerda-Gonzalez, DVM — Neurology/Neurosurgery, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Barbara Coffey, MD, MS — Director, Institute for Tourette and Tic Disorders, NYU Child Study Center
- Kathryn Davis, MD — Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
- Daniel Friedman, MD — Co-Director, Epilepsy Service, NYU Langone
- Jesse Goldberg, MD, PhD — Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
- Brian Hainline, MD — NCAA Chief Medical Officer; Clinical Professor, Neurology, NYU Langone
- Katherine Houpt, VMD, PhD — James Law Professor of Behavior Medicine, Emeritus, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Daniel Lieberman, PhD — Chair, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Catherine Lord, PhD — Founding Director, Center for Autism and the Developing Brain, Weill Cornell / Columbia
- Jaak Panksepp, PhD — Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, Washington State University
- Irene Pepperberg, PhD — Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Harvard University
- Pamela Perry, DVM, PhD — Behavior Medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Martin Allen Samuels, MD — Chair, Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School
- Gary W. Small, MD — Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, UCLA Longevity Center
- Richard W. Tsien, DPhil — Director, Neuroscience Institute; Chair, Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU Langone
- Charles Vite, DVM, PhD — Veterinary Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
- Thomas Wisniewski, MD — Director, Division of Aging and Dementia, NYU Langone
- Paul B. Yellin, MD — Director, The Yellin Center for Mind, Brain, and Education; NYU Langone
2018 · Aurora, Colorado
Zoobiquity Colorado · CU Anschutz Medical Campus + Colorado State University
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — UCLA / Harvard
- David Frisbie, DVM, PhD — Professor, Equine Surgery, Orthopaedic Research Center, Colorado State University
- Dennis Roop, PhD — Professor, Dermatology; Director, Gates Stem Cell Center, University of Colorado Denver
- Don Elliman Jr. — Chancellor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- Frank Barry, PhD — Scientific Director, REMEDI, National University of Ireland Galway
- Jason Stoneback, MD — Orthopaedics, University of Colorado Denver
- Jennifer Schissler, DVM — Dermatology, College of Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University
- Johnny Huard, PhD — Chief Scientific Officer, Steadman Philippon Research Institute
- Karin Payne, PhD — Orthopaedics, University of Colorado Denver
- Laura Damioli, MD — Infectious Disease, CU Doctors / University of Colorado
- Laurie Goodrich, DVM, PhD — Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University
- Lynne Boxer, DVM
- Mark Stetter, DVM — Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
- Max Gomez — CBS News Medical Correspondent
- Nicole Ehrhart, VMD — Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University
- Ryan Crisman, PhD — Research Instructor, University of Colorado Anschutz
- Steve Dow, DVM, PhD — Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University
- Sue VandeWoude, DVM — Research Associate Dean, Colorado State University
- Terry Fry, MD — Professor, Pediatrics, Hematology and Immunology, University of Colorado Anschutz
- Tracy Webb, DVM, PhD — Research Scientist, Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University
- Valerie Johnson, DVM — Colorado State University
- Wayne McIlwraith, DVM, PhD — Director, Equine Surgery, Orthopaedic Research Center, Colorado State University
2019 · Stockholm
Zoobiquity Symposium at the Nobel Conference · Karolinska Institutet · September 3, 2019
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — Harvard / UCLA (Opening Keynote)
- Karolina Kublickiene, MD, PhD — Dept of Clinical Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Karolinska Institutet
- Peter Stenvinkel, MD, PhD — Dept of Renal Medicine, Karolinska Institutet
- Londa Schiebinger, PhD — John L. Hinds Professor of History of Science; Director, Gendered Innovations Project, Stanford University (Keynote)
- Ida Haugen Löfman, MD — Senior Consultant, Karolinska Heart Transplant Program
- Hayley Murphy, DVM — Deputy Director, Zoo Atlanta
- Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, PhD — Director, UCLA Cardiac Arrhythmia Center; Professor, Medicine and Radiology, UCLA
- Tobias Wang, PhD — Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies and Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University
- Pauliina Damdimopoulou, PhD — Associate Professor, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institutet / Karolinska University Hospital
- Kenny A. Rodriguez-Wallberg, MD, PhD — Senior Consultant, Programme for Fertility Preservation, Karolinska University Hospital
- Franz Göritz, Dr. med. Vet. — Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin
- Almuth Einspanier, DVM, PhD — Vet.-Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Leipzig
2019 · Atlanta
Zoobiquity ATL · UGA + Emory University + CTSA · September 13, 2019 · Closing Reception: Zoo Atlanta
- Frans B.M. de Waal, PhD — C.H. Candler Professor, Psychology, Emory University; Director, Living Links Center (Keynote)
- Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD — Harvard / UCLA
- Bradley G. Phillips, PharmD — Millikan-Reeve Professor and Head, Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy, University of Georgia
- Corey Saba, DVM, DACVIM — Professor of Oncology, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
- Jonathon B. Cohen, MD, MS — Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine
- Samuel P. Franklin, DVM, PhD, DACVS — Veterinary Surgery and Orthobiologics
- Kenneth R. Mautner, MD — Director, Sports Medicine, Emory University; Head Team Physician, Atlanta Hawks
- John Peroni, DVM, DACVS — Professor, Large Animal Surgery, UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
- Luke P. Brewster, MD, PhD — Vascular Surgery, Emory University / Georgia Tech Biomedical Engineering
- Sonia M. Hernandez, DVM, DACZM, PhD — Professor, Wildlife Health, Warnell School / UGA College of Veterinary Medicine
- Megin Nichols, DVM, MPH, DACVPM — Enteric Zoonoses Activity Lead, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Hayley Murphy, DVM — Deputy Director, Zoo Atlanta; Founder, Great Ape Heart Project
- Randall Tackett, PhD — Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Georgia
2022 · Lisbon
Zoobiquity Female Health Conference · Lisbon, Portugal
Faculty records are being compiled from archival sources. Program PDF available via Dropbox archive.
2025 · Osaka
Zoobiquity Japan · First Zoobiquity Conference in Asia
Faculty records are being compiled for this inaugural Asian conference.
Institutional Alliances
Academic Medical & Veterinary Institutions
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine 2011 · 2012 · ongoing
- UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine 2011 · 2012
- Harvard University — Dept of Human Evolutionary Biology; Harvard Medical School 2015 · 2016 · 2018 · 2019
- Western University of Health Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine 2012
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute / National Zoological Park 2012 · 2014
- Rockefeller University 2013
- Animal Medical Center, New York 2013
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center 2013
- Weill Cornell Medicine 2013 · 2016
- Columbia University Medical Center 2013 · 2016
- NYU Langone Medical Center 2013 · 2016
- Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine 2013 · 2014 · 2015
- University of Missouri, College of Veterinary Medicine 2013
- National Institutes of Health 2013 · 2016
- Institute of Medicine 2013
- Mount Sinai Medical Center 2013
- Hospital for Special Surgery 2013
- University of Washington School of Medicine 2014 · 2016
- Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine 2014 · 2016
- University of British Columbia / Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative 2014
- Oregon State University, Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine 2014
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center 2014
- University of Nevada, Las Vegas 2014
- Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine 2014
- Tufts Medical Center 2015
- Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School 2015
- Boston University School of Medicine 2015
- Angell Animal Medical Center 2015
- University of Massachusetts Medical School 2015
- University of Sydney / Charles Perkins Centre 2015 Sydney
- University of Melbourne 2015 Sydney
- University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine 2016
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine 2016
- University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing 2016
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2016
- Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia 2016
- Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine 2016
- Cornell University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior 2016
- Brigham and Women's Hospital 2016
- Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture 2016
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2018
- Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2018
- Steadman Philippon Research Institute 2018
- National University of Ireland Galway / REMEDI 2018
- Karolinska Institutet / Karolinska University Hospital 2019 Stockholm
- Aarhus University, Dept of Bioscience 2019 Stockholm
- Stanford University 2019 Stockholm
- Universität Leipzig 2019 Stockholm
- University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine 2019 Atlanta
- Emory University School of Medicine 2019 Atlanta
- Clinical Translational Science Alliance / Georgia Clinical and Translational Research Alliance 2019 Atlanta
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2019 Atlanta
- Georgia Institute of Technology, Dept of Biomedical Engineering 2019 Atlanta
Zoos & Wildlife Partner Institutions
- Los Angeles Zoo 2011 · 2012 — afternoon walk rounds
- Wildlife Conservation Society / Bronx Zoo, New York 2013 — host and faculty
- Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle 2014 — host and faculty
- Philadelphia Zoo 2016 Philadelphia — host and faculty
- Zoo Atlanta 2019 Stockholm · 2019 Atlanta — faculty and closing venue
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin 2019 Stockholm