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The Worms Gone Wild Disease Ecology Lab

Our research takes a One Health approach to disease networks and multi-host pathogens in wildlife, focusing on Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia. You can find us in the School for Human Evolution and Social Change (SHESC) and the Center for Evolution and Medicine (CEM) at Arizona State University.

Seven members of the Worms Gone Wild lab standing together at Arizona State University
The Worms Gone Wild lab at Arizona State University.

Projects

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Taenia eggs viewed under a microscopeEthiopian wolf painted by Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Zoonotic disease ecology

Which parasites connect wildlife, domestic animals, and people?

Wolf painting: Louis Agassiz Fuertes, 1926 · Public domain.

A male walia ibex among giant lobelias in Ethiopia’s Simien Mountains

Parasites of critically endangered wildlife

What can parasites in walia ibex tell us about wildlife health and conservation?

Photo: Marius Burger · CC0.

Electron micrograph of a T4 bacteriophage

Viruses, bacteria, and more

Which viruses and bacteria occur in wild primates, and how do they relate to host health?

T4 micrograph: 7USSR7 · CC BY 4.0. Shown uncropped.

An adult gelada sitting with a young gelada in grassland

Sociality, fitness, and health

How do social relationships connect to infection, survival, and reproduction in wild primates?

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