Jeff Wyatt DVM, MPH, DACLAM and Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative Medicine at the University of Rochester, oversees the programs of veterinary care at the School of Medicine & Dentistry of the University of Rochester and Seneca Park Zoo. He graduated from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1982, completed a residency training program in comparative medicine at the University of Rochester in 1985 and earned an MPH at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1995. He directs a residency training program for graduate veterinarians preparing for board certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). Dr. Wyatt has provided veterinary care of eight species of lemurs studied in Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar since 2002. In 2007, Dr. Wyatt initiated a partnership between the University of Rochester and Seneca Park Zoo combining the efforts of UofR medical students working with villager health assessment and veterinarians surveying lemur health resulting in a holistic approach, termed integrated conservation, to save endangered lemurs and supporting habitat.

Dr. Wyatt will describe how integrated conservation works by first addressing human needs (health, sustainable economy) providing a platform from which to launch programs to save endangered wildlife and supporting habitat in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. He will describe research efforts working with villagers and studying 8 species of lemurs over the past 5 years.