Dr. Gregory D. Bossart Memorial
One Health Scholarship
Past Bossart Fellows
Third Bossart Fellow - 2023
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Mehak Hafeez
for her One Health Project titled
Mehak is a PhD Student at the SKUAST-Kashir University in Srinagar, Jamu and Kahmir, India
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Second Bossart Fellow - 2022
Miranda Dziobak
for her One Health Project titled
Miranda is a PhD Student at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina, USA
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First Bossart Fellow - 2021
When she became the inaugural Bossart Scholar, Taylor was a DVM/PhD Student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. She finished her PhD in 2023 and will complete her DVM in 2025.
December 14, 2021 UW-M SVM News Posting about Taylor Winning the Scholarship
May 2022 Gathering Data, Building a Community by Taylor Weary - How this scholarship expanded her research project
April 17, 2024 Healthy Children - Healthy Chimps - Final Scholarship Report
June 11, 2024 Taylor's Narrative of One Health in Action
Combatting entrenched norms of “socialization for scarcity” and “parachute science” in global health and primatology: One Health is a moral framework, too
Scientific Publications from this research:
Weary TE, Tusiime P, Tuhaise S, Reyes JFM, Ross E, Gern JE, Goldberg TL, Respiratory Disease Patterns in Rural Western Uganda, 2019-2022, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 12, April 8, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1336009
Weary TE, Pappas T, Tusiime P, Tuhaise S, Ross E, Gern JE, Goldberg TL, High Frequencies of Nonviral Colds and Respiratory Bacteria Colonization Among Children in Rural Western Uganda, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Vol 12, May 2, 2024, https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2024.1379131
Weary, T.E., Pappas, T., Tusiime, P. et al. Common Cold Viruses Circulating in Children Threaten Wild Chimpanzees through Asymptomatic Adult Carriers. Sci Rep 14, 10431 (May 7, 2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61236-7
Popular Media Articles about this research:
Nuwer R, Nature, Chimpanzees are dying from our colds – these scientists are trying to save them, Vol 625, 442-446, January 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00108-6
Nuwer R, The Guardian, Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame?, January 16, 2024, Republished May 2, 2024, https://tinyurl.com/awdztazw