Fellow Story

PetWatch launches! Kudos to Kate Smith (2004) and Myra Finkelstein (1998)

Fellow(s): Kate Smith, Myra Finkelstein

PetWatch, the website that guides consumers to make informed decisions about exotic pets, has launched. Switzer supported the project with a Collaborative Grant to Fellows Kate Smith (2004) and Myra Finkelstein (1998), who developed the program for EcoHealth Alliance (formerly Wildlife Trust).

Meet the Fellows in this Story

Kate Smith

2004 Fellow
Katherine is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Science at Brown University. Her research group at Brown works in the field of Conservation Medicine - an emerging discipline that resides at the intersection of environmental...

Myra Finkelstein

1998 Fellow
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...