By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 15th, 2014
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
Dr. Julius Nziza, Gorilla Doctors Research Project Coordinator for PREDICT Rwanda, is wrapping up an interesting six-week stint in Chicago where he’s studied the genetics of bat species in Rwanda and curating techniques at The Field Museum of Natural History. Dr. Julius is working with Dr. Bruce Patterson, the MacArthur Curator of Mammals, Dr. Bill […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 21st, 2013
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
by Jessica Burbridge UC Davis PhD student Laurie Harris has been conducting research on the endangered golden monkeys in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park throughout 2013. Harris met Gorilla Doctors Director Dr. Kirsten Gilardi during her stint at the Envirovet Summer Institute and now, Dr. Gilardi serves on Harris’ dissertation committee for her PhD program in […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, March 1st, 2013
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
by Jessica Burbridge A visit to Bweza group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park with Dr. Fred and PhD student Tierra Smiley Evans turned into a nine-hour strenuous trek in the pouring rain. But early afternoon, the sun burst through the clouds and we finally found the group, deep in a densely vegetated ravine, busy feeding […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, March 15th, 2012
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
In early March, veterinary ophthalmologists Drs. David Ramsey and Rick Quinn traveled to Rwanda to conduct a training workshop with the Gorilla Doctors. Dr. Ramsey owns and operates The Animal Ophthalmology Center in Williamston, Michigan, and Dr. Quinn practices at the Veterinary Eye Specialists of London, Ontario, and is an adjunct professor of ophthalmology at […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 28th, 2011
in Archive, Blog, Capacity Strengthening.
By Molly Feltner, MGVP Communications Officer The MGVP aims to employ outstanding African veterinarians and mentor the next generation of wildlife health experts. To do so, we sponsor educational programs at African schools and universities and continuing education for our staff members. By investing in training we are ultimately envisioning the time when in-country veterinarians […]
