FACULTY RESEARCH EXPERTISE
PhD Colorado State University
D.V.M, MS
Research Focus: Wildlife disease ecology, conservation medicine, Ecohealth/One health research
Web Site: http://mccs.gmu.edu/ & http://conservationtraining.si.edu
Office(s): SCBI, 1500 Remount Road, Front Royal, Virginia, USA
Phone: 703-993-7733
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Dr. Alonso Aguirre is Executive Director of the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation based at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Virginia and he is Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
Previously he was Senior Vice President at EcoHealth Alliance in New York, also holding different appointments at the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University and Tufts University. After obtaining his D.V.M., he received a M.S. in wildlife ecology and epidemiology and a Ph.D. in wildlife biology and protected areas management from Colorado State University where he served as Assistant Professor years later. He acted as Wildlife Epidemiologist for NMFS Protected Species Investigations, heading and pioneering the epidemiology program for the endangered Hawaiian monk seals and sea turtles.
He authored the books Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice and Helminths of Wildlife: A Global Perspective, New Directions in Conservation Medicine: Applied Cases of Ecological Health, and published over 160 professional papers, monographs and scientific reports. He also served as co-editor and now as review editor of the new Springer journal EcoHealth. He also is a co-editor of the Journal of Wildlife Diseases and European Journal of Wildlife Research.