Category: General News
The 2021 National Vaccine Tabletop Exercise
The Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD), a unit of Texas A&M AgriLife, and the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) recently hosted a virtual vaccine tabletop exercise. […]
IIAD & CBTS Present at DHS COE Summit
DHS Centers of Excellence are university-based groups that focus on certain mission areas related to the safety of the U.S. The centers conduct research and develop educational materials to help meet […]
IIAD Conducts PPE Training for Vet Students
On March 23rd, Dr. Christine Budke and Dr. Jimmy Tickel hosted a Personal Protective Equipment(PPE) training for Texas A&M vet students at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). Training instructor, […]
Simmons to Lead IIAD
Dr. Heather Simmons appointed Director of IIAD effective March 1st, 2021. Dr. Simmons has been serving as the associate director of IIAD for several years now and was part of […]
Texas A&M Vet Student Joins IIAD Team
A very warm welcome to Serene Yu as she joins the IIAD team as our newest intern! Serene is currently a fourth-year veterinary student at Texas A&M with a focus […]
IIAD Welcomes 4 Senior Fellows
As of January 2021, four new experts have joined the IIAD team bringing their expertise and knowledge to programs across the institute. We are excited to welcome Barbara Martin specializing […]
ISAVET Presented at 2020 WOHC Conference
Our very own Assistant Director, Jessica Cargill, MPH presented the 2019 In Service Applied Veterinary Epidemiology Training (ISAVET) Programme at this year’s WOHC conference. 2019 ISAVET took place in Kenya […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Epidemiologist Receives Award for Worldwide Efforts
David Castellan, DVM, a veterinary epidemiologist at the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, Bryan-College Station, has received the Global Service Veterinary Award from the American Veterinary Medical Association, AVMA. This year’s Global Service […]
Laboratory collaboration project breaks down traditional communication barriers
Earlier this month, the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) in partnership with the Texas Center for Applied Technology (TCAT) hosted an exercise that demonstrated the efficacy of a digital […]
New student fellow added to IIAD team
The Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) recently added a new student worker to their team. Elizabeth Rodriguez will serve under IIAD’s associate director, Heather Simmons, DVM, MSVPH, assisting with […]