Ravensara S. Travillian

Ravensara S. Travillian, PhD is a data scientist, teacher, and science writer in Seattle. She is currently organizing a data science skills summer institute for underserved and underestimated youth. Her research interests include One Health and conservation informatics, data science, and knowledge representation.

A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by William Young Ottley (1771-1836). The picture is of a pencil drawing of a pig and her pups. CC BY 4.0 via Wellcome Collection
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Pig Pandemics and Other "Epizootic" Threats

by Ravensara S. Travillian

COVID-19 is scary, and so are disease outbreaks in animals—they cause great economic devastation and disrupt human lives