Sonja Christensen, Ph.D.
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Assistant Professor
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Phone:
517-432-8203
Email:
chris625@msu.edu
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Area of Expertise:
My current research focuses on understanding why diseases occur in a given place and time, how those diseases affect wildlife populations, and what disease surveillance and management strategies are most effective. The major themes of my work are 1) empirical and spatial analysis of ecological and climatic drivers of wildlife populations and disease processes, 2) methodological advancements in wildlife population estimation and disease surveillance, 3) quantifying disease risk and linkages with climate change and 4) evaluation of wildlife disease control efforts.
Education:
Ph.D., Michigan State University 2018
M.S., The Pennsylvania State University 2010
B.S., Minnesota State University 2005
Website:
The Christensen Lab for Wildlife Population Health
Related Work
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MSU scientist protects wildlife populations through disease surveillance, management
Published on November 8, 2023
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MSU researcher named to chronic wasting disease committee by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Published on October 10, 2023
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Evaluation of Deer Population Parameter Estimates and Implications for CWD
Published on October 1, 2022
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Chronic wasting disease threatens Michigan deer hunting, wildlife conservation efforts
Published on February 1, 2020
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