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Mary PearlPrimatologist & President, Wildlife TrustDr. Mary C. Pearl is president of Wildlife Trust and co-founder of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine, a collaboration of Wildlife Trust with Tufts Veterinary School, the USGS National Center for Wildlife Health, the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. The study of Conservation Medicine is an emerging field that examines the links between wildlife, ecosystem and human health. Dr. Pearl's research background is in behavioral ecology and conservation of Old World monkeys and apes, particularly the Himalayan Rhesus Monkey that she studied for two and a half years in northern Pakistan. Previously, Dr. Pearl was a Governor of the Society for Conservation Biology, and authored a large number of publications in the field of conservation science. Editor of the series "Methods and Cases in Conservation Science" (Columbia University Press), Dr. Pearl was also co-editor of the book Conservation Medicine: Ecological Health in Practice (Oxford University Press, 2002). Prior to that position Dr. Pearl served as associate director of the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, a consortium based at Columbia University that includes the American Museum of Natural History, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo. Dr. Pearl remains an adjunct research scientist at Columbia University and currently serves as a trustee of the Belize Audubon Society and the Institute for Ecological Research in Brazil. Dr. Pearl received her undergraduate and doctoral degrees from Yale University, including a M. Phil. in anthropology and a Ph.D. in physical anthropology. After teaching at Yale University and Wellesley College, she went on to work in the field of wildlife conservation, first at the World Wildlife Fund and later at the Wildlife Conservation Society, there she directed the international grants program and later developed the organization's Asia/Pacific Program. Dr. Pearl has a strong appreciation of other cultures and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. She is also conversant in Urdu, French, and Indonesian. Last year, Marist College conferred upon Dr. Pearl the degree Doctor of Science, honoris causa and she was the commencement speaker at the college's 60th Commencement Ceremony. Dr. Mary C. Pearl can address both national and international issues in regards to wildlife conservation, ecosystem protection and the effects on human health. Wildlife Trust has conducted environmental programs in countries such as Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Venezuela, Argentina, India, Indonesia, and other countries in the Caribbean, Latin America, and Asia. General issues of biodiversity conservation include:
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