If you are a current UC Davis faculty member and are interested in being considered for membership in the MPVM program, please email a copy of your CV to the Membership Chair, Dr. Sharif Aly ([email protected]).
Adaska, John
Emeritus
Aly, Sharif
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Dairy cattle infectious disease epidemiology.
Email: [email protected]
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Angelos, John
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Internal medicine and infectious diseases of food producing animals, pathogenesis and prevention of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis, pharmacokinetics of antibiotics in ruminants, and development of improved vaccination/vaccine delivery strategies to support sustainable food production practices.
Email: [email protected]
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Anthony, Simon
Department of Pathology, Microbiology, & Immunology
Research Interests:
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Aralis, Hilary
Division of Biostatistics
Research Interest: Evaluation of behavioral health interventions, statistical methods for the modeling of incomplete longitudinal and hierarchical data, multiple testing adjustment for correlated outcomes, community-partnered participatory research, implementation and translational science
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Ardeshir, Amir
Emeritus
Atwill, E. Robert
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Epidemiology and medical ecology of infectious disease transmitted between livestock, wildlife and humans.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Barker, Christopher
Center for Vectorborne Diseases
Research Interest: Climate and landscape factors driving mosquito-borne virus transmission, systems for control of arboviruses, transmission risk and pathogen transmission.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Black, Randi
UC Cooperative Extension - Sonoma County
Research Interests: My research centers on dairy health and welfare and applied manure management strategies that reduce climate impacts. I prioritize on-farm, producer-driven research that supports practical decision-making and long-term sustainability.
Email: [email protected]
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Bird, Brian
Director, One Health Institute Laboratory
Research Interest:
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Boyce, Walter
Emeritus
Busch, Roselle
Department of Population Health & Reproduction
Research Interests: Applied research in small ruminant health and disease mitigation with a systems approach to livestock health and production across the many sectors of small ruminant production in California.
Email: [email protected]
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Cassano, Michelle Jennifer
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest:
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Chigerwe, Munashe
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Food animal production medicine, passive transfer of immunity in calves.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Chomel, Bruno
Emeritus
Christopher, Mary
Emeritus
Conlon, Kathryn
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Topics relating to climate change in an urban setting and adaptation strategies to protect human health in a changing climate.
Email: [email protected]
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Conrad, Patricia
Emeritus
Crossley, Beate
Department of Virology & Biotechnology, California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory
Research Interest: Mammalian virology, food animal emphasis.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Depenbrock, Sarah
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interests: Antimicrobial use and resistance in livestock as relates to bovine respiratory disease and calf management practices
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Desai, Angel
Global Migration Center
Research Interests: Using non-traditional epidemiological data for emerging diseases and outbreaks, particularly among displaced and other vulnerable populations. She is also interested in policy implications of communicable surveillance among refugees and IDPs, and global governance of public health systems for these populations.
Email: [email protected]
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Dini, Pouya
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research interests: Understanding equine placental development and its pathologies, optimizing the use of biotechnology of reproduction, and characterizing the effect of the assisted reproductive technique on placental development and fetal health. Equine reproduction; Pathophysiology of placental development in the equine; Parental gene expression in the placenta; Reciprocal paternal and maternal interaction in the equine's placental development; Host-pathogen interaction during placentitis; Assisted reproductive technique; Biotechnology of reproduction
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ElAshmawy, Wagdy
Dairy Nutrition and Metabolism Laboratory
Research Interests: main interests are researching the epidemiology of infectious diseases and implementation of effective preventive and control strategies to control diseases of significance to both livestock and the people whose livelihood and health relies on livestock.
Email: [email protected]
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Farver, Thomas
Emeritus
Foley, Janet
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Epidemiology of vectorborne disease, simulation and analytic modeling of infectious disease persistence and emergence in nature, conservation ecology and disease.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Gallardo, Rodrigo
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest:
Our Laboratory specializes on RNA viral endemic pathogens in the U.S. We have performed research in infectious bursal disease (Gumboro), avian Influenza, Newcastle disease virus and infectious bronchitis virus. Our main focus is to study molecular evolution and variability of infectious bronchitis virus, lately we have been exploring the basis behind the genetic resistance to infectious bronchitis virus.We have an investigation line in vaccine design using diatoms as novel adjuvants and boosters of immune responses.We also explore the One Health aspects of veterinary medicine using poultry as a model for our work in Africa and Central America
Email: [email protected]
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Gilardi, Kirsten
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Ecosystem health, diseases of free-ranging wildlife.
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Giulivi, Cecilia
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Research Interest: Underlying mitochondrial biology in different pathophysiological cases including autism, schizophrenia, Huntington's and fragile X tremor and ataxia syndrome.
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Hauser, Naomi
Internal Medicine, UC Davis Health
Research Interest: infectious disease physician offering care for adults with general infectious diseases and HIV, and is specifically experienced with young adults with HIV as they transition from pediatrics to adult HIV care. Additional clinical interests include the diagnosis and treatment of tick-borne diseases, hospital epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial stewardship.
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Hawkins, Michelle
Emeritus status effective June 2026
Heller, Meera
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Main interests are researching the epidemiology of infectious diseases and implementation of effective preventive and control strategies to control diseases of significance to both livestock and the people whose livelihood and health relies on livestock.
Email: [email protected]
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Hill, Ashley
California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory
Research Interest: Clinical immunology, interpretation of livestock and poultry serology, diagnostic test evaluation and validation.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Hird, David
Emeritus
Jay-Russell, Michele
Emeritus
Jackson, Ann Wendi
California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab
Research Interest:
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Johnson, Christine Kreuder
Wildlife Health Center/One Health Institute
Research Interest: Ecosystem-level processes and emerging infectious disease in wildlife.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Kass, Philip
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Non-experimental inference, epidemiologic methodology, analytical epidemiology of environmental hazards of animals and humans, companion animal epidemiology.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Keller, Krista
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Mycological conditions of reptiles and clinical medicine in zoological companion animals.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Kelly, Terra
Wildlife Health Center
Research Interest: Emerging infectious disease, wildlife medicine.
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Klingborg, Donald
Emeritus
Lehenbauer, Terry
Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center
Research Interest: Dairy cattle herd health and production medicine with an emphasis on infectious disease epidemiology, risk management and animal health economics, especially related to bovine respiratory disease, mastitis, and antimicrobial stewardship.
Email: [email protected]
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Lashnits, Erin
Small Animal Internal Medicine
Research Interests: Infectious disease epidemiology within a One Health context, with emphasis on vector-borne diseases affecting pets and their people. As a practicing small animal internal medicine specialist, I am also dedicated to improving the accessibility of specialist-level veterinary care for underserved pet populations.
Email: [email protected]
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Lima, Fabio
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Advancing the health, fertility, and productive traits of dairy cows to optimize their contribution to environmental stewardship and sustainability of the global food supply. His research has been focused on three areas: 1) reproductive performance, 2) antimicrobial stewardship, and 3) host-genome and gut microbiome interplay on productive traits.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Madigan, John
Emeritus
Maier, Gabriele
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Beef cattle herd health and welfare, Association of management factors with incidence and prevalence of disease; development of on-farm measures and plans for disease prevention; scoring systems for diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease, Risk assessment and economics for preventive measures in beef cattle production systems, Judicious use of antimicrobials and anti-parasitic drugs in cattle, Beef quality assurance and food safety, Infectious disease epidemiology.
Email: [email protected]
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Martinez Lopez, Beatriz
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Quantitative Epidemiology: Spatial analysis, Risk analysis, Disease spread models, social network analysis, statistical analysis (both Frequentists and Bayesian).
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Mazet, Jonna
Emritus
McCobb, Emily
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Accessible Veterinary Care, in particular the evidence base for low cost, effective care; welfare of cats, dogs, and rabbits; shelter policy. Expertise in anesthesia, analgesia, and assessment of subjective states like stress and pain.
E-mail: [email protected]
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McCowan, Brenda
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Animal health, management and well-being; Wildlife conservation; Bioacoustics; Ethology.
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McNabb, Brett
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction, VMTH
Research Interest: Beef cattle and small ruminant herd health. Livestock reproductive disease diagnosis and management, assisted reproductive technology.
Email: [email protected]
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Miglioretti, Diana L
Department of Public Health Sciences
Research Interest: Multilevel and latent variable models, longitudinal and clustered data analysis, and the evaluation of screening and diagnostic tests. Collaborative research includes breast cancer screening and radiation exposure from medical imaging.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Moody, Carly
Department of Animal Science
Research Interest: My research program uses a combination of applied ethology and epidemiology research methods and statistical techniques to study animal welfare. Broadly, I currently have three areas of study: 1) mitigating agonism in socially housed animals, 2) examining human-animal interactions during handling and other animal procedures, and 3) improving cat welfare in the veterinary clinic.
Email: [email protected]
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Okello, Emmanuel
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: International livestock health and antimicrobial resistance. Promoting the judicious use of antibiotics and control of antimicrobial resistance on California dairy herds. Working with farmers and other stakeholders to improve livestock health and productivity.
Email: [email protected]
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Pandey, Pramod
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: To derive engineering solutions (involving veterinarians, engineers, specialist, farm managers, and dairy farmers) for controlling microbial pathogens from animal waste.
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Pandit, Pranav
One Health Institute, Veterinary Medicine
Research Interest: Wildlife disease ecology and wildlife surveillance. Predictive modeling, especially machine learning and infectious disease modeling to understand disease transmission, predict health outcomes in animal populations, and understand zoonotic risk and emergence of novel viruses in wildlife.
Email: [email protected]
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Pereira, Richard
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Livestock Herd Health and Reproduction Service
Research Interest: Emergence, persistence and transmission ecology of antimicrobial resistant and zoonotic bacteria in livestock, with the aim of developing effective and feasible interventions to reduce and prevent the spread of drug resistance.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Pires, Alda
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Quantitative methods to identify strategies that improve animal health and control infectious diseases in livestock on small-scale farms. Interested in applying and developing epidemiological tools to monitor potential food safety hazards and identify strategies to reduce the dissemination of foodborne pathogens in pre-harvest small farm environments and the spread of infectious disease in the food supply. Also interested in integrating epidemiological methods such as temporal-spatial, molecular analysis and risk assessment in order to support risk-based surveillance and infectious disease control strategies, and the improvement of animal health and food safety.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Pitesky, Maurice
Department of Population Health & Reproduction
Research Interest: Application of classic and spatial epidemiology in disease surveillance, food safety management, and other processes associated with poultry health.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Rossow, Heidi
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Systems approach to explore interactions between nutrition, metabolism and disease and their effects on beef and dairy production.
Email: [email protected]
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Rowe, Joan
Emeritus
Rumbeiha, Wilson
Department of Molecular Biosciences
One Environmental Health Toxicology
Research Interest: Primary focus in One Environmental Health toxicology research, which includes understanding the role of environmental toxicant exposures particularly on human and animal health. Secondary research focus is in translational clinical toxicology, which includes discovering novel diagnostics for animal and intoxications or toxicant exposures and novel therapeutics to treat human and animal toxicoses.
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Shapiro, Karen
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Research Interest: Areas of research interest include transport and fate of zoonotic pathogens in watersheds and coastal ecosystems; effects of landscape change and climate variability on disease transmission; impacts of water scarcity and impaired quality on human and animal population health, and food safety.
E-mail: [email protected]
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Silva del Rio, Noelia
Department of Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Herd health
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Smiley Evans, Tierra
Wildlife Health Center
Research Interest: Emerging zoonotic diseases, ecosystem health, conservation of endangered species.
Email: [email protected]
Smith, Fauna
Department of Population Health & Reproduction
Research Interest: Emerging diseases, immune development and sex differences in ruminants; development/assessment of herd level preventative measures for infectious disease.
Email: [email protected]
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Smith, Woutrina
Wildlife Health Center/One Health Institute
Research Interest: Zoonotic diseases at human/animal/environment interface.
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Soto Martinez, Esteban
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
Research Interest: Fish health, aquatic ecosystem health, microbiology.
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Stoute, Simone
California Health and Food Safety Lab
Population Health and Reproduction
Research Interest: Poultry diagnostics and infectious diseases of relevance to commercial poultry. Diseases of waterfowl species.
Email: [email protected]
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Stover, Susan
Emeritus
Thurmond, Mark
Emeritus
Williams, Deniece
Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research Center
Research Interest: Dairy production, epidemiology and herd health.
Email: [email protected]
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Ziccardi, Michael
Wildlife Health Center/One Health Institute
Research Interest: Rescue and treatment of birds and marine mammals affected by oil spills.
E-mail: [email protected]
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