Brief Biography: Clare grew up in Newbury Park, California then moved north to attend University of California - Berkeley, where she received a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology. Living in southern California, she experienced firsthand the consequences of a changing climate through forced evacuations during several wildfires. Wanting to understand how these changes affect wildlife, she worked with the National Parks Service to complete her high school research project looking at how bobcat and coyote populations in the Santa Monica Mountains were affected by the Springs Fire of 2013. Continuing her interest in wildlife, she worked as a specimen preparator at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and completed an internship at Lindsay Wildlife Rehabilitation Hospital. She also joined Michael Nachman's lab as a research technician and completed an honors thesis investigating the functional consequences of different tail lengths in house mice regarding thermoregulation and balance. Combining her veterinary and academic interests, Clare is excited for the unique training through the combined DVM-PhD program to pursue One Health research.

Education: B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology, University of California - Berkeley, 2023

Research Interests: Clare's experiences working with wildlife locally and internationally have shaped her interests in global One Health, emphasizing the necessity of interdisciplinary collaboration and approaching solutions from various perspectives. She plans to combine her veterinary interests in wildlife pathology with her research goals of understanding the complex interplay between humans, animals, and the environment.