Investigator |
Topic |
Involvement |
Babafela Awosile |
Understanding occurrences of infectious diseases
(antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, mitigation strategies)
using epi, genomics tools, and One Health approaches |
American Society for Microbiology; Surveillance and epi of
drug resistant infections consortium; Conference of Research
Workers in Animal Diseases; Association of Veterinary Epidemiology
and Preventive Medicine |
Alex Calle |
Validation of intervention strategies to control foodborne
pathogens associated with meat-producing animals (pre-
and post-harvest interventions); Methods of detection,
surveillance of food-borne pathogens; International food
safety capacity building (industry and government) |
International Associate for Food Protection (IAFP); American Society for Microbiology
(ASM) |
Guy Loneragan |
Bacterial antimicrobial resistance, and ecology of zoonotic bacteria in animals, humans
and ecosystems |
Texas Cattle Feeders Association; Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association;
National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Texas Veterinary Medical Association; Academy
of Veterinary Consultants, AVMA |
Howard Rodriguez-Mori |
Scholarly output and citation patterns in veterinary medicine publications. Content
and corpora analysis of epidemiology and One Health publications. Ethnographic studies
of healthcare disparities, misinformation, health-related information-seeking behaviors,
and culturally appropriate healthcare communication strategies for Latinx/Hispanic
patients. |
National Communication Association; International Communication Association; Medical
Library Association; Texas Veterinary Medical Association; Society for American Archivists;
American Veterinary Medical Association; Association for Veterinary Informatics |
Devendra Shah |
Exploring the interconnectedness of human, animal, and ecosystem health through a
One Health lens by investigating molecular mechanisms in bacterial pathogens relevant
to food-animal systems. |
Conference for Research Workers in Animal Disease (CRWAD), American Society of Microbiology
(ASM), Poultry Science Association (PSA)
Under the disease ecology, management
|
Smriti Shringi |
Development of novel point of care (POC) and high throughput surveillance, detection
and diagnostic tools for bacterial and viral infectious diseases that impact animal
health and public health.;
Unraveling evolutionary mechanisms underlying emergence, persistence, and loss of
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and its impact on pathogen fitness.;
Study pathogenesis, virulence, and molecular epidemiology of bacterial and viral infectious
diseases with the focus on identifying molecular biomarkers for diagnostics and surveillance. |
American Society for Microbiology (ASM); American Association for the Advancement
of Science (AAAS) |
Jon Thompson |
Applied chemistry related to animal science, physiology, and chemical measurement;
Chemical analysis/air sampling |
Texas Veterinary Medical Association |
Ryan Williams |
Application of natural resource and environmental
economics methodologies to One Health research |
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |