MPVM graduate nominated as USDA undersecretary of food safety

The US Department of Agriculture has nominated UC Davis Master in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) graduate Dr. José Emilio Esteban for the position of undersecretary for food safety.

Esteban, a veterinarian who trained at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, has two degrees from UC Davis, an MPVM and a Ph.D. in epidemiology.

A 1989 graduate of the MPVM program, his project was “The use of ribotyping for the characterization of Salmonella serotypes.”
 

We are so proud to see Dr. Esteban nominated for this critical position safekeeping the nation’s food supply. The MPVM program prepares all its students for leadership in disease prevention and management, whether in the field or the halls of government.”

—Dr. Janet Foley, the faculty director of the MPVM program

Esteban currently holds the position of chief scientist at the  USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), where he has worked in multiple positions since 2001.