Want to get involved with the work we do?
If you are seeking to establish a research collaboration, please visit our team members page to help identify the best person to connect with based on your research interests.
Students and early career professionals should visit our training page for more information about research internship, fellowship, and mentorship programs we participate in. Each program has its own recruitment timeline and processes, and more details can be found on their individual webpages.
Most graduate students that join our team are enrolled in epidemiology, integrative pathobiology, ecology, or preventative veterinary medicine degree programs at UC Davis, while undergraduates are majoring in various fields within the biological sciences.
Open Positions
Postdoctoral Researcher
We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher interested in ecological and environmental drivers of virus emergence, transmission and circulation. Primary responsibilities include outbreak investigations, laboratory testing and analysis of results, spatial and temporal epidemiology, and phylogenetics to better understand infectious disease dynamics with a focus on avian influenza transmission in coastal marine mammal and bird populations. This is a 2-year post-doctoral researcher position beginning Fall of 2026, with potential for extension.
Apply by June 23, 2026
Training Opportunities
Fellowship & Training Programs
Visit our training page to learn more about programs we participate in.
Student Research Volunteer
Assist with the collection and review of research data. Projects needs change throughout the year.
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Science Communication Volunteer
A student opportunity to assist our team in developing engaging and accessible content to communicate research findings and activities to diverse audiences.
How to prepare for joining a One Health research team?
As you might guess from the breadth of research described on our site, we need the talents of people from a variety of fields and backgrounds to tackle complex One Health issues, particularly those involving disease emergence and pandemic preparedness.
Our students and early career professionals often have backgrounds in one health, veterinary science, public health, global disease biology, epidemiology, ecology, medical science, infectious disease biology, microbiology, immunology, virology, entomology, social and behavioral science, bioinformatics, or data science, but so many other fields also provide a solid foundation for the type of work that we do.
As transdisciplinary collaborations often provide the most robust approach, we increasingly engage engineers, computer scientists, anthropologists, experts in education theory, conservationists, natural resource managers, policy experts, and a wealth of other fields where individuals are seeking to apply their talents to improving and protecting the health of humans, animals, and the planet.
