Editor-in-Chief 

Mo Salman, DVM, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM, F.A.C.E

Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, founder and director of the Animal Population Health Institute of College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, CO, USA

Research interests: Surveillance and survey methodology for animal diseases with emphasis on infectious diseases and zoonoses.

Email: mo.salman@colostate.edu

Website: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/cs/member/?id=1049

Dr. Mo Salman is a professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences and is the founder and director of the Animal Population Health Institute of College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU). He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM) and a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE). His research interests focus on surveillance and survey methodologies for animal diseases with an emphasis on infectious diseases and zoonoses. For more than 30 years, he has been involved in training sessions and workshops both nationally and internationally in the field of epidemiology, surveillance, disease management, and risk assessment.  He had a position on the peer review of the European Union and the World Animal Health Organization (OIE). In 2013, he completed a year with the US Department of State as a Jefferson Science Fellow where he was the scientific advisor for the African Bureau. From Oct 1, 2015, to Sept 30, 2016, he was the coordinator for the US Department of State: Biosecurity Engagement Program in Afghanistan. He is currently focusing on building case studies for field training of public animal health officers across the world. He is an active member of AVMA since 1978 and the US Animal Health Association (USAHA) since 1981.

Section Editors

Food animal medicine and surgery

Timothy N Holt, DVM

Associate Professor, Livestock Medicine and Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Research interests: Bovine Pulmonary Hypertension; Hypoxia; Cardiac Failure; Feedlot health; PAP testing; Acupuncture; Integrative Therapies.

Email: timholt@colostate.edu

Website: https://newsmediarelations.colostate.edu/contacts/tim-holt/

Brent Credille, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Associate Professor, Food Animal Health and Management Program, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Veterinary Medical Center, GA, USA

Research interests: Pharmacokinetics, antimicrobial resistance, bovine respiratory disease, beef production.

Email: bc24@uga.edu

Website: https://vet.uga.edu/person/brenton_credille1

Caroline Constant, DVM, MSc, MENG

Project leader, AO Research Institute, Clavadelerstrasse 8, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland

Research interests: Large animal surgery, musculoskeletal disorders, biomechanical engineering, biocompatibility, artificial intelligence research in orthopedics, preclinical surgery, spine surgery, development new orthopedic implants.

Email: Caroline.Constant@aofoundation.org

Website: https://www.aofoundation.org/who-we-are/about-ao/news/2020/2020_07_ari_women-in-stemm_caroline-constant

Equine medicine and surgery

Jole Mariella, DVM

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Research interests: Veterinary Perinatology and Neonatology.

Email:  jole.mariella2@unibo.it

Website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/jole.mariella2/cv

Peta Hitchens, PhD

Senior Research Fellow, Equine Centre, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Hwy Werribee, Melbourne, VIC 3030, Australia

Research interests: Epidemiology, human-animal interaction, injury, animal welfare, zoonoses, working animals, animals in sports and entertainment.

Email:  peta.hitchens@unimelb.edu.au

Website: https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/784576-peta-hitchens

Infectious animal diseases

Mary-Louise Penrith, PhD

Professor, Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Research interests: Swine health, African swine fever, classical swine fever, biosecurity, transboundary animal diseases, wildlife interface, commodity-based trade.

Email:  marylouise@vodamail.co.za

Website:  https://www.up.ac.za/veterinary-tropical-diseases/article/1945761/ml-penrith

Changjiang Weng, PhD

Professor, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Harbin, China

Research interests: Invasion, immune escape and pathogenicity of African swine Fever and other animal viruses.

Email:  wengchangjiang@caas.cn

Website:  http://www.hvri.ac.cn/zzjg/cxtd/jcmycxtd/sx5/index.htm

Jose L Gonzales, DVM, MSc, PhD

Senior Researcher, Wageningen Bioveterinary Research, Houtribweg 39, 8221 RA Lelystad, The Netherlands

Research interests: Animal health, zoonosis, epidemiology, virology.

Email:  jose.gonzales@wur.nl

Website:  https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Jose-JL-Jose-Gonzales-Rojas-PhD.htm

Jesus Hernandez, PhD

Professor, Laboratorio de Inmunología, Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C (CIAD) Carretera a la Victoria Km 0.6, Hermosillo, Sonora 83304, Mexico

Research interests: Immune Response to Virus and Immune Response in Obesity.

Email:  jhdez@ciad.mx

Website:  https://www.ciad.mx/coordinaciones/hermosillo/nutricion/personal/dr-jesus-hernandez

Rubén Bueno-Marí, PhD

Professor, Department of Research and development, Lokimica Laboratorios, Valencia, Spain

Research interests: Surveillance and control of zoonoses, with particular emphasis on vector-borne diseases.

Email:  Ruben.Bueno@uv.es

Website:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruben-Bueno-Mari

Veterinary microbiology and diagnostics

Fernando A. Osorio, DVM, PhD, DACVM

Professor, Nebraska Center for Virology and School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Ne, USA

Research interests: Pathogenesis of and immune response to viral infections.

Email:  fosorio1@unl.edu

Website:  https://www.unl.edu/virologycenter/fernando-osorio-dvm-phd-dacvm#tab1

Susan M Noh, PhD, DVM

Research Veterinary Medical Officer, USDA-ARS, Animal Disease Research Unit, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA

Research interests: Tick borne disease, bovine anaplasmosis, pathology, diagnostic tests, obligate intracellular bacteria, heart water, Anaplasma marginale, Ehrlichia ruminantium.

Email:  Susan.noh@usda.gov

Website:  https://vmp.vetmed.wsu.edu/people/faculty/profile/susan-m-noh

Livestock health and production

Sushil Paudyal, BVSC, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Research interests: Dairy herd health, Precision technologies, Transition diseases.

Email:  sushilpaudyal@tamu.edu

Website:  https://animalscience.tamu.edu/people/paudyal-sushil/

Jason Nickell, DVM, PhD, DACVPM

Director, Insights and Outcomes, Merck Animal Health, WI, USA

Research interests: Treatment of diseases of livestock, poultry and cattle.

Email:  jason.nickell@merck.com

Website:  https://www.stockmanshipandstewardship.org/speakers/dr-jason-nickell

Animal health economic

Sabina Seric-Haracic, DVM, MSc, PhD

Associate professor, Department of Animal Health Economics, Veterinary Faculty, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Research interests: Veterinary epidemiology; animal health economics; biostatistics; veterinary higher education; disease surveillance.

Email:  sabina.seric-haracic@vfs.unsa.ba

Website:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YbRdc00AAAAJ&hl=en%EF%BC%9Bhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sabina-Seric-Haracic

Wildlife medicine and surgery

Nikorn Thongthip, DVM, PhD

Associate professor, Department of Large Animal and Wildlife Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakhon Pathom 73140, Thailand.

Research interests: Elephant and wildlife medicine and surgery, elephant and wildlife reproductive biotechnology

Email:  fvetnit@ku.ac.th

Website:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikorn-Thongtip

Aquatic animal medicine and surgery

Guilherme Malafaia, PhD

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences at Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology Goiano, GO, Brazil

Research interests: Aquatic ecotoxicology, Aquatic pollution, Behavioral and Biochemistry Toxicology, Environmental impacts, Nanomaterials and Micro (nano) plastics.

Email:  guilherme.malafaia@ifgoiano.edu.br

Website:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Guilherme-Malafaia

Food safety and food securities

Lisa Tell, DVM

Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

Research interests: Antibiotic and Antifungal Therapeutic Treatment Regimes.

Email:  latell@ucdavis.edu

Website:  https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/lisa-tell

Nora Mestorino, DVM

Professor, Laboratorio de Estudios Farmacológicos y Toxicológicos (LEFyT), Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata B1900, Argentina

Research interests: Pharmacology, antimicrobials, antiparasitic, phytotherapy, prudent use.

Email:  noram@fcv.unlp.edu.ar

Website:  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5580-428X

Aquaculture and aquatic animal health

Paul Morgan Hick, BVSc, PhD, MANZCVS, Grad Cert

Associate Professor, Senior Veterinary Virologist, Research Coordinator, Virology Laboratory, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, Menangle, NSW, Australia

Research interests: Virology, Epidemiology, Aquatic animal health, Emerging infectious disease, Laboratory diagnostic tests, Assay validation.

Email:  paul.hick@dpi.nsw.gov.au

Website:  https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/paul-hick.html

Simone Maria Teixeira de Sabóia-Morais, PhD

Professor, Laboratory of Cellular Behavior, Department of Morphology, Biological Sciences Institute, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil

Research interests: Histopathology, ultrastructure procedures, risk assessment, fish, environmental health, DNA damage.

Email:  simone_saboia@ufg.br

Website:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simone-Saboia-Morais

Molecular physiology

Monika Andersson Lendahl, PhD

Research Scientist, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Novum, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden

Research interests: Zebrafish, neurodegenerative, vascular, molecular biology, nuclear hormones, transcription, endocrine

Email:  monika.andersson.lendahl@ki.se

Website:  https://medarbetare.ki.se/people/monika-andersson-lendahl

Risk communication for animal health

Timothy L. Sellnow, PhD

Professor and Interim Associate Director of Graduate Studies, Research and Creative Activity, Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, USA

Research interests: Risk communication, crisis communication, instruction risk and crisis communication, agriculture communication, warning messages, and communicating science.

Email:  timothy.sellnow@ucf.edu

Website:  https://communication.ucf.edu/person/timothy-sellnow/



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