Among the Academies: Tackling the World’s Challenges
Jonna Mazet’s Career-Long Relationship with UC Davis
Jonna Mazet arrived at UC Davis as an undergraduate curious about veterinary medicine in 1986, and is retiring four decades of groundbreaking campus initiatives later, having built a legacy of cross-discipline innovation on global health problem-solving, particularly regarding emerging infectious diseases and conservation challenges.
"I am always motivated by the excellence, innovation and the collaborative spirit at UC Davis," she said.
She is the vice provost of Grand Challenges and the Chancellor’s Leadership Distinguished Professor of Epidemiology and Disease Ecology. Mazet is also the founder of the UC Davis One Health Institute, which works from the intersection of animals, people, plants and the environment to solve global problems related to health and conservation. She was also the Global Director of the viral emergence early warning project PREDICT, developed with the Emerging Pandemic Threats Program of the US Agency for International Development, or USAID.
In 2013, Mazet was elected to the National Academy of Medicine for her work and research on emerging environmental and global health threats. The prestigious induction was shaped by Mazet’s cross-campus collaboration.