Raina Plowright — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Elected to the National Academy of Medicine (2023) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2022) for leadership in emerging disease biology.
Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor and Cornell Atkinson Scholar at Cornell University.
Leads Bat One Health, a global research consortium investigating WHO priority pathogens in bats.
Co-chair of the Lancet Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover.
Holds roles on advisory boards for the National Science Foundation and the US National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Received her veterinary degree from the University of Sydney, and her M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis.

Biography

Raina Plowright is the Rudolf J. and Katharine L. Steffen Professor and Cornell Atkinson Scholar at Cornell University.

She received her veterinary degree from the University of Sydney, and her M.S. (epidemiology) and Ph.

D. (ecology) from the University of California, Davis. Her research develops the science of pandemic prevention through transdisciplinary science leadership and translation.