By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, October 3rd, 2025
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Leadership.
By Dr. Kirsten Gilardi, Executive Director It has taken me a couple days to gather my thoughts… I do not remember not knowing about Jane. Photographs in National Geographic and television documentaries of her with Gombe Stream chimpanzees fascinated me as a child. When I grew up, I wanted to be Jane Goodall (and oh […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025
in Blog, One Health for All, Research.
We are excited to announce the launch of a new five-year research project led by the Uganda Virus Research Institute in partnership with an international consortium that includes our Gorilla Doctors team. Using our One Health approach, this project, generously funded by the Wellcome Trust, will investigate dengue and Zika viruses to help us better […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, July 25th, 2025
in Press Releases, Research.
New international research conducted by a team including scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IVB CAS), Gorilla Doctors, and the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, with support from the Rwanda Development Board and Uganda Wildlife Authority, reveals long-term shifts in parasite communities that may help explain rising health threats […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Partners.
By Dr. Jean Bosco ‘Noel’ Noheri If we are to see a thriving population of wild eastern gorillas and wildlife in general, we need strategic partners who believe that each of us has the power to create positive change, and who understand that when we work together, that change can be even more impactful. Last […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Tuesday, March 25th, 2025
in Blog, Leadership, One Health for All.
I recently returned from visiting with our teams in Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo. If you missed my updates, you can read them [HERE (January 28) and HERE (February 20)]. At Gorilla Doctors, our mission is to conserve wild eastern gorillas through life-saving veterinary medicine and science using a One Health approach—recognizing that the health […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, December 5th, 2024
in Blog, Leadership, One Health for All.
Just one week from today, Dr. Benard and our Uganda field veterinarians – Drs. Fred, Ricky and Nelson – will be discussing all things gorilla health during Gorilla Doctors LIVE on Thursday, December 12 at 9:00AM PST (12:00PM EST). Have you registered yet? Are you getting your questions ready? REGISTER HERE Here is a little […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, November 4th, 2024
in Blog, Leadership.
Gorilla Doctors is thrilled to announce that Dr. Tierra, our chief veterinary and scientific officer, is joining the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) this coming January 2025. Dr. Tierra’s position at UCB is a joint appointment with the Department of Integrative Biology and the School of Public Health and will enable her […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Monday, October 21st, 2024
in Blog, Conservation in Action, Leadership.
It doesn’t get much better than autumn in Paris unless you add Dr. Jane Goodall giving a historic speech at UNESCO World Headquarters, which is exactly what happened this past Saturday, October 19, 2024. It just worked out that one of our team was working in Paris when Dr. Goodall’s speech was announced. And thanks […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Friday, August 23rd, 2024
in Blog, Partners.
At the beginning of August, seven extraordinary teenagers from the Houston Zoo’s Zoo Crew program spent a few days with Gorilla Doctors at our regional headquarters in Musanze, Rwanda. The students spent more than six months preparing for their trip and their 12-day adventure culminated with trekking deep into Volcanoes National Park with Gorilla Doctors […]
By Gorilla Doctors Staff
on Thursday, May 2nd, 2024
in Blog, Leadership.
An Update from our Executive Director This week I am in Rwanda and our Africa-based Gorilla Doctors team gathered at our regional headquarters in Musanze, for regional rounds. We are an international team, working in all three range countries of the eastern gorilla – Rwanda, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of Congo – and in the […]
