Mission Statement
To facilitate and provide field-based educational, research, and outreach/service-learning opportunities for students and professionals from the University of Washington and partnering institutions around the world in areas relating to global health and the environment at the human-environment interface.
About the Center
The Center's target focus is field-based
study of the
human-animal-environment interface, the
continuum of human health to environmental
health, on a global scale.
The
Center has direct collaborative agreements
(MOUs/letters of intent) with institutions and organizations in
various countries that facilitate
center-sponsored field-based
educational/research/ outreach opportunities for
students and professionals.
The Center complements and supports the
University’s expanding emphasis on international
education and global citizenship.
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Center Spotlight
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CGFS Director, Prof. Randall Kyes, receives the 2024 American Society of Primatologists Distinguished Primatologists Award At the 46th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists (ASP) in Riviera Maya, Mexico (8-11 Sept 2024), Prof. Kyes was awarded the 2024 ASP Distinguished Primatologists Award. The Distinguished Primatologist Award recognizes a primatologist who has had an outstanding career and has made significant contributions to the field. This is the highest honor that the Society bestows. See related stories at the following links: WaNPRC’s Dr Kyes Receives ASPs Highest Honor Randall C. Kyes receives Distinguished Primatologists Award 2024 Distinguished Primatologist Award ........................................................................ |
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Dr. Dilip Chetry received the Parivesh Mitra Sanman-2023 Award Dr. Dilip Chetry received the Parivesh Mitra Sanman-2023 award during the Feb 2024 celebration of the National Science Day in Assam, India. Dr. Chetry is Vice- President and Head of the Primate Research and Conservation Division of Aaranyak. He is also Director of the Gibbon Conservation Centre of Aaranyak in the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary (and Affiliated Scientist with CGFS). See related stories at the following links: Leading primatologist Dr Dilip Chetry receives top environmental accolade on National Science Day Aaranyak scientist conferred "Parivesh Mitra Sanman-2023" ........................................................................ |
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International field course held in Indonesia and led by UW professor ends after 30 years |
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An epic celebration three decades in the making… but it almost didn’t happen |
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Nepal’s Assam Macaque Is Its Own Beast. |
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“Bush-to-Bench-to-Bedside: The Critical Role of Field Research in Biodiversity Conservation & Translational Science.” |
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The Center for Global Field Study has lost a dear friend and colleague |
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Field Research Without a Field: Science in the Era of COVID-19 Imagine that you have a job that requires flying overseas at least once a year, spending months in another country observing animals in the wild, training local researchers in the area to do the work you do, and regularly visiting local schools to educate students on the issues your work addresses. Imagine that thousands of dollars are riding on your ability to complete this work on schedule, as well as the futures of countless graduate and Ph.D. students. Now imagine that a worldwide pandemic explodes right as you’re beginning your 30th year doing this job, sending travel, work, and basic social activity to a screeching halt. What you’re imagining is currently the life of Randall Kyes, a research professor in the department of psychology, core scientist at the Washington National Primate Research Center, and the founding director of the university’s Center for Global Field Study. Kyes has spent the last three decades studying primatology in various parts of the globe, and his research initiatives have since expanded to include outreach and training programs for wildlife research in seven countries. (Read more...) |
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Prof. Randy Kyes gives a plenary presentation at the “7th Asian Primate Symposium 2020” and the “1st International Conference on Human-Primate Interface”
in Assam, India (February 2020). His presentation was titled: “Promoting Human-Primate Coexistence Through Field Training & Outreach Education: Are We Making a Difference? Are We Doing Enough??” (with co-authors, Pensri Kyes and Dilip Chetry). |
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Prof. Randy Kyes marks 30 consecutive years of collaboration with the Primate Research Center (PSSP) at Bogor Agricultural Univ. (IPB),
Indonesia with an invited talk to students and staff in the Graduate Program in Primatology at IPB (January 2020). |
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Update from the Field: Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam,
India by South Asia Center (10 January 2020) |
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 (Entang Iskandar lt., Randy Kyes 2nd from lt.) |
A 30-year partnership: UW’s Prof. Randy Kyes
and his Indonesian colleague Dr. Entang Iskandar
from Bogor Agricultural University talk about their
long-running field course on Tinjil Island, Indonesia.
This podcast is one of the featured stories being
highlighted by the US Embassy as part of the
70th Anniversary celebration of U.S.–Indonesian
diplomatic ties.
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“Conservation Leaders of Tomorrow Look to Yesterday: 20 Years of Community Outreach
Education at the Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Indonesia”
By Chris Braunger | Communications Manager | WaNPRC 17 September 2019
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A great short video of our recent 29th annual Field Course (July 2019) on Tinjil Island,
Indonesia: youtube.com/watch?v=rH2QFe… - produced by one of our field course participants,
Tommy Langgeng Abimanyu (“Abi”). Terima kasih banyak Mas Abi. @PSSP_IPB @ipbofficial @UWn
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The
long-term collaboration between Randy Kyes (rt) and Indonesian
colleague Entang Iskandar (lt) is one of the featured stories being
highlighted by the US Embassy as part of the 70th Anniversary
celebration of U.S.–Indonesian diplomatic ties. Their
scientific partnership extends almost 30 years and includes the
annual “field course in conservation biology & global health” on
Tinjil Island.
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