CORE - Primary Faculty and Staff
The Dr. Robert MacDonald Professor of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Renter’s outcomes-based research enables valid data-driven decisions to improve animal health/well-being, food safety, production efficiency, and economic viability of animal health systems. He teaches epidemiology and mentors students in DVM, MPH, MS, and PhD programs. |
Professor, Epidemiology Dr. Cernicchiaro's research focus is on the application of epidemiological concepts and methods, including multi-level modeling and knowledge synthesis and translation techniques, to design, implement and interpret observational and experimental studies pertaining to food safety, zoonoses, arthropod-borne diseases and production medicine. She teaches basic and advanced epidemiology courses and mentors students in the MPH, MS, and PhD programs. |
W.S. & E.C. Jones Professor of Epidemiology Dr. Sanderson’s research is focused on health, well-being and decreased production in livestock production enterprises, including transboundary disease risk and management. He applies the tools of epidemiology, risk analysis and disease modeling to facilitate optimal decision making. He teaches Epidemiology, Disease Modeling, Beef Production and mentors DVM, MS, MPH and PhD students. |
Research Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Dr. Hanthorn’s research focus is on beef cattle herd health, preventive medicine, and disease outbreak planning and preparedness. She teaches a veterinary course in epidemiology. |
Andrea Dixon, PhDSenior Data Scientist Andrea received her PhD from the School of Biological Sciences at Washington State University, where she focused on population genetics and the evolutionary mechanisms constraining species distributions. She then went on to work as a post-doctoral researcher at Rothamsted Research, using next generation sequencing data to investigate the population genetic structure of a winter-wheat crop weed with known herbicide resistance. Her research interests include evolutionary genetics and applied research focusing on improving animal health and agriculture. |
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