Food Systems & Health
By Krishna Ramanujan Originally posted in the Cornell Chronicle on June 21, 2016 Outbreaks of Zika and Ebola, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, foodborne diseases and chronic illnesses are constantly in the news, making comprehensive public health...
Associate Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences at the College of Veterinary Medicine Ivanek's research focus is in public health and epidemiology of infectious and foodborne diseases Her epidemiological approaches...
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believes that about 17% of Americans get sick from foodborne diseases each year The CDC estimates that 59% of these illnesses are caused by viruses and 39% are caused by bacteria The some of the most commons...
Ruth and William Morgan Associate Professor of Applied Economics and Management at the Charles H Dyson School Expertise in Agricultural Economics, International Trade and Public Policy Analysis Rickard’s teaching and research focus is on the economic implications...
A recent study co-authored by Brad Rickard and Todd Schmit, both professors in Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, and Pamela Weinberg-Shapiro, a lecturer in the Division of Nutritional Sciences in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, analyses the...
The Looming Threat of Avian Flu, a recent article by Mary Mckenna in the New York Times Magazine, delves into the crippling 2015 outbreak in the Midwest and the possible threat that this virus poses to the United States in the future Between December 2014 and June...
Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety, Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Academic program focus on developing and communicating the scientific knowledge needed to prevent and control foodborne and zoonotic diseases caused by...
International Professor of Plant Breeding and Director of International Programs of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Coffman also serves as Principal Investigator of the Agricultural Innovation Partnership, the Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat project,...
As the global population grows and human innovations abound, the world becomes a smaller yet more complex place With sufficient resources, one can get to almost any point in the world in some 48 hours With this mobility, ideas and commerce move rapidly Along with them,...
Bruce Calnek, DVM '55, the Steffen Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Medicine, and Karel Schat, PhD '78, professor emeritus in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology were awarded the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as inventors of the...
On February 29th, the Cornell Chronicle announced that Cornell University and the New York State Department of Health have been selected as the 6th CDC Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence The Center, formed since Fall 2015, will "assist local, state and...
