Michael J. Yabsley is the Arnett C. Mace Jr. Distinguished Professor and specializes in Wildlife Diseases and Parasitology at the University of Georgia where he has a spilt position between the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS). He has a BS (Biological Sciences and Wildlife Sciences) and an MS in zoology (Parasitology) from Clemson University and a PhD in Infectious Diseases from the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the University of Georgia. Dr. Yabsley teaches several courses in the undergraduate curriculum (wildlife health), veterinary curriculum (parasitology and wildlife health) and various graduate courses. He also mentors students at all levels (high school, undergraduate, veterinary, MS, and PhD) interested in wildlife disease ecology and One Health. Dr. Yabsley’s interdisciplinary research program addresses both applied and theoretical questions on the epidemiology of wildlife diseases with an emphasis on pathogens that are zoonotic or important to the health of domestic animals and agriculturally important species. These studies are approached from a One Health approach – aiming to understand the impacts of disease on animals, humans and our environment and how these factors interact. His collaborators come from a very wide range of academic, local, state, federal and international partners in a wide range of fields including public health, wildlife biology, small and large animal veterinary medicine, ecology, mathematics, etc. Research interests in recent years include native and invasive ticks and tick-borne pathogens, mange ecology, Guinea worm ecology, raccoon roundworm in people and animals (wildlife/domestic), and avian parasites and pathogens. This research has led to >300 peer-reviewed authored or co-authored publications.