Meet the Neighbours: Community Epidemiology with the Chicago Rat Project

This week, Zeesy Powers interviews Jacqueline Buckley (she/her). Jackie is the One Health Research Coordinator at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. She has worked in South Africa on wild and domestic animal health and in South America to aid in the plight of the cotton-top tamarins. At Tufts, her main projects focused on the anthropogenic introduction of anticoagulant rodenticides to non-target species, like fishers in the state of Vermont, and using GIS to track changes in red tide in the state of Florida from 2008–2018. Jackie is excited to collaborate with the Urban Wildlife Institute, a scientific institution that complements her personal and professional goals. She believes it is crucial to inspire stakeholders and public officials to appreciate the importance of animals and our ecosystems as they relate to human health.