Tierra Smiley Evans

Tierra Smiley Evans

Associate Adjunct Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
One Health Institute, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate of California Veterinary Medicine License
Education
2005, BS, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
2010, DVM, Cummings School of Veternary Medicine, Tufts University, Grafton, MA
2008, Large Wildlife Safe Capture Certification, Grafton, MA
2009, Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, DC
2010, White Oak Conservation Center, Yulee, FL
2016, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
2012, Large Wildlife Safe Capture Certification, Sacramento, CA
2014, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), Hamilton, MT
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, Impacts of rapid landscape change and biodiversity on virus host specificity , Christine Johnson (Principal Investigator), National Science Foundation
Principal Investigator, Advancing One Health Data Capture at the Point of Zoonotic Spillover in the Congo Basin Forest Perimeter, (Principal Investigator), National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Center
Trainer, MAF Fellowship: Improving understanding of a deadly viral disease of elephants, Jennifer Yu (Principal Investigator), Morris Animal Foundation
Research Focus
Infectious disease epidemiology and the connection between zoonotic disease emergence and environmental change
Specialty Focus
Wildlife conservation and the development of non-invasive surveillance methods
Ten Recent Publications

2025
Lasso G, Grodus M, Valencia E, DeJesus V, Liang E, Delwel I, Bortz RH, Lupyan D, Ehrlich HY, Castellanos AA, Gazzo A, Wells HL, Wacharapluesadee S, Tremeau-Bravard A, Seetahal JFR, Hughes T, Lee J, Lee MH, Sjodin AR, Geldenhuys M, Mortlock M, Navarrete-Macias I, Gilardi K, Willig MR, Nava AFD, Loh EH, Asrat M, Smiley-Evans T, Magesa WS, Zikankuba S, Wolking D, Suzán G, Ojeda-Flores R, Carrington CVF, Islam A, Epstein JH, Markotter W, Johnson CK, Goldstein T, Han BA, Mazet JAK, Jangra RK, Chandran K, Anthony SJ
Decoding the blueprint of receptor binding by filoviruses through large-scale binding assays and machine learning.

2025
Iyer M, Gilardi K, Cranfield M, Corner S, Syaluha E, Noheri J, Ssebide B, Kinani J, Nizeyimana F, Okello R, Nziza J, Kabuyaya M, Bahizi M, Muvunyi R, Nyirakaragire E, Smiley Evans T, Lowenstine L
Neoplasia and proliferative lesions in free-ranging mountain and Grauer’s gorillas (Gorilla Beringei)

2024
Aung P, Lwin N, Aung T, Htike T, Thompson C, Roos C, Zaw S, Lum L, Oo W, Sau Z, Turvey S, Thein W, Maw M, Win Y, Oo Z, Rompay K, Gilardi K, Tremeu-Bravard A, Momberg F, Fan P, Cheyne S, Smiley Evans T^
Confirmation of skywalker hoolock gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Myanmar extends known geographic range of an endangered primate

2023
Latinne A, Nga N, Long N, Ngoc P, Thuy H, PREDICT Consortium, Long N, Long P, Phuong N, Quang L, Tung N, Nam V, Duoc V, Thinh N, Schoepp R, Ricks K, Inui K, Padungtod P, Johnson C, Mazet J, Walzer C, Olson S, Fine A
One Health surveillance highlights circulation of viruses with zoonotic potential in bats, pigs, and humans in Vietnam

2023
Thompson C, Lwin G, Aung PP, Aung TH, Htike TSM, San AM, Thant NML, Roos C, Fan PF, van Rompay K, Grindley M, Tin PP, Wai NN, Lwin HHA, Gilardi KV, Momberg F, Cheyne SM, Smiley Evans T^
The status of primates and primatology in Myanmar

2023
Smiley Evans T^, Lowenstine LJ, Ssebide B, Barry PA, Kinani JF, Nizeyimana F, Noheli JB, Okello R, Mudakikwa A, Cranfield MR, Mazet JAK, Johnson CK, Gilardi KV
Simian homologues of human herpesviruses and implications for novel viral introduction to free-living mountain gorillas

2023
Smiley Evans T^, Tan C, Aung O, Phyu S, Lin H, Coffey L, Toe A, Aung P, Aung T, Aung N, Weiss C, Thant K, Htun Z, Murray S, Wang L, Johnson C, Myat Thu H.
Exposure to diverse sarbecoviruses indicates frequent zoonotic spillover in human communities interacting with wildlife

2022
Martinez S, Sullivan A, Hagan E, Galey J, Epstein J, Olival K, Saylors K, Euren J, Bangura J, Zikankuba S, Mouiche M, Camara A, Desmond J, Islam A, Hughes T, Wacharplusadee S, Duong V, Nga N, Bird B, Goldstein T, Wolking D, Johnson C, Mazet J, Olson S, Fine A, Valitutto M, Karesh W, Daszak P, Francisco L, PREDICT Consortium
Living safely with bats: lessons in developing and sharing a global One Health educational resource

2022
Smiley Evans T^, Aung O, Cords O, Coffey L, Wong T, Weiss CM, Maw MT, Yee J, Venkateswaran K, Venkateswaran N, Nham P, Van Rompay KKA, Morris MK, Oceguera L, Werthimer W, Hanson C, Valitutto M, Naing Tun KY, Win YT, Thein WZ, Murray S, Thu HM, Johnson CK
Sylvatic transmission of chikungunya virus among nonhuman primates in Myanmar

2022
Pandit PS, Anthony SJ, Goldstein T, Olival KJ, Doyle MM, Gardner NR, Bird B, Smith WA, Wolking D, Gilardi K, Monagin C, Kelly T, Uhart M, Epstein JH, Machalaba C, Rostal MK, Dawson P, Hagan E, Sullivan A, Li H, Chmura AA, Latinne A, Lange C, O'Rourke T, Olson SH, Keatts L, Mendoza AP, Perez A, de Paula CD, Zimmerman D, Valitutto M, LeBreton M, McIver D, Islam A, Duong V, Mouiche M, Shi Z, Mulembakani P, Kumakamba C, Ali M, Kebede N, Tamoufe U, Bel-Nono S, Camara A, Pamungkas J, Coulibaly K, Abu-Basha E, Kamau J, Silithammavong S, Desmond J, Hughes T, Shiilegdamba E, Aung O, Karmacharya D, Nziza J, Ndiaye D, Gbakima A, Sijali Z, Wacharapluesadee S, Robles EA, Ssebide B, Suzán G, Aguirre LF, Solorio MR, Dhole TN, Nga NTT, Hitchens PL, Joly DO, Saylors K, Fine A, Murray S, Karesh W, Daszak P, Mazet JAK, PREDICT Consortium, Johnson CK
Predicting the potential for zoonotic transmission and host associations for novel viruses