External Staff & Consultants

TAMU Faculty

TAMU TVMDL

Amy K. Swinford, DVM, MS, DACVM

Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Agency Director and Veterinary Microbiologist

TAMU Agrilife Extension

Bryan Davis

Texas A&M Agrilife Extension

West Texas A&M University

Dan Posey, DVM

Clinical Professor and Director of Student Recruitment and Professional Relationships & Clinical Professor (VLCS – VERO)

Entomology

Dee Ellis, DVM

Research Veterinarian
Department of Entomology

TAMU VLCS, VMBS

Jennifer Schleining, MS, ACVS, DVM

Dr. Jennifer Schleining, a clinical professor and large animal surgeon, serves as head of the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences (VLCS) at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (VMBS).

Schleining previously served as the interim VLCS department head in fall 2022 and spring 2023 while continuing to provide support to her colleagues as a clinician in the Texas A&M Large Animal Teaching Hospital’s (LATH) Food Animal Service and educator in the pre-clinical classrooms and teaching laboratories.

CVM

Juan Pablo

Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine PhD Student

CVMBS

Linda Logan, DVM, PhD

Director of CVMBS International Programs
Professor – Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS)

CBTS

Matt Cochran, DVM, MIA

Director of Research – Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS)

TAMU Agrilife Extension

Monty Dozier, PhD

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

TAMU Ag & Life Sciences

Morgan Farnell, PhD

Texas A&M University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Department of Poultry Science Associate Professor

VSCP AgriLife Extension

Nikki Boutwell

Program Coordinator – Veterinary Science Certificate Program (VSCP), AgriLife Extension

TAMU TVMDL

Terry S. Hensley, MS, DVM

Texas A&M Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) Assistant Agency Director for Diagnostic Services

Consultants

Professor & Veterinarian

Carla Huston

Serving as a professor and beef extension veterinarian at Mississippi State University, Carla has over 25 years of experience in livestock health and emergency management. She teaches in the DVM curriculum and also serves as the state’s beef extension veterinarian, providing training to veterinarians, veterinary students, livestock producers, and emergency management personnel. She is board-certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, with specialty certification in Epidemiology.

Consultant

Cheikh Fall

Cheikh Fall has served as an agricultural and animal health specialist and consultant for over 20 years with expertise is epidemiology, zoonotic diseases, and capacity building and training. He has previously worked with the Institute to develop frontline training tools for the In Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET).

Director of Evaluation

Jessica Cargill, MPH, DrPH

Director of Evaluation at the Texas Health Institute.

MPH Student (UWM)

Melissa Sheth, DVM

Dr. Melissa Sheth is currently finishing up her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, having previously received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2021 from the same institution. Melissa is passionate about pursuing a career that embraces the One Health framework, and her academic interests include public health implications of zoonotic disease, conservation medicine, diversity, equity, and inclusion in both the animal and human medical fields. In addition to having experience as a small animal general practitioner, Melissa has conducted anthropological research and enjoys teaching/mentorship activities.

External Investigators

WHO

Ahmed Zaghoul

World Health Organization

CSU

Amanda Countryman

Colorado State University

Animal Health

Andrew Clark

WOAH

Barbara Alessandrini

Head of Capacity Building Department-  World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) in France

ICSZAM

Daniela Morelli

KSU

Dustin Pendell

Kansas State University

EuFMD

Fabrizio Rosso

Deputy Secretary –  The European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (EuFMD)

CBTS

Gregory Pompelli, PhD

Director of the Center of Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense (CBTS)

ISU

James A. Roth, DVM, MS, PhD

Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine – Clarence Hartley Covault Distinguished Professor, Director for Center for Food Security and Public Health, Executive Director for Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics, Presidential Chair in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine

AU-IBAR

James Wabacha

African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources

WOAH

Jennifer Lasley

Programme Manager – Sustainable Laboratories Initiatives, WOAH

OSU

Jerry Saliki, DVM, PhD, DACVM

Oklahoma State University (OSU) College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Professor and Director

FAO

Julio Pinto, DVM, PhD

Animal Health Officer – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

WHO

Karl Schenkel

Epidemiologist Health Emergencies Program – World Health Organization (WHO)

SAFOSO

Marco DeNardi

SENIOR CONSULTANT / SCIENCE MANAGER – SAFOSO

WHO

Marion Muehlen

Consultant – World Health Organization (WHO)

ARC-OVR

Misheck Mulumba, DVM

Head of the ARC- Onderstepoort Veterinary Research (ARC-OVR) Institute in South Africa.

CENSA

Pastor Alfonso

Council for Emerging National Security Affairs (CENSA)

SAFOSO

Patrick Buholzer

CO-CEO / MEMBER OF THE BOARD, SAFOSO

FAO

Ravi Dissanayake BVSc, MVSc, MSLCVS, AAL

Former Disease Information Data Expert – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ECTAD South Asia.

FAO

Scott Newman, DVM, PhD

Animal Production and Health Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

ISZAM

Silvia D’Albenzio

FAO

Stacie Dunkle, DVM

Technical Advisor and Associate Veterinarian – Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)