Tracey Glover
Program Coordinator, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Donna Akiyoshi, BA, BS, MBA, PhD
Molecular Genetics, Microbial Pathogenesis
As a research faculty member in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health (IDGH) for the past 17 years, I have wor...Continue reading
Janetrix Hellen Amuguni, BVM, MA, PhD
Course Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Dr. Hellen Amuguni is a veterinarian with doctoral training in Infectious Diseases. She is a Research Assistant Professor in th...Continue reading
Sandy Ayres, DVM
Assistant Professor, Section of Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Sandy Ayres is an Assistant Professor at Cummings School. Her general research interests are Caprine Reproduction: Advanced...Continue reading
Perry J. Bain, DVM, PhD, DiplACVP
Assistant Professor, Pathology, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Perry Bain received his Doctor in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Georgia and his PhD from the University of Flo...Continue reading
Gillian Beamer, BA, VMD, PhD, DACVP
Pathology
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health (IDGH) and a veterinarian scientist with ...Continue reading
Gillian Beamer, BA, VMD, PhD, DACVP
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Jeremy Bell, MS
Restoration Specialist, Division of Ecological Restoration Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game
Jeremy Bell specializes in coastal and freshwater restoration projects, with an emphasis on plant ecology and site hydrology. H...Continue reading
Ari Bernstein, MD, MPH
Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Associate Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard School of Public Health Hospitalist, Division of General Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dr. Bernstein practices pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Boston. His work examines the human health dimensions of global env...Continue reading
Irene Bosch, MPH, PhD
Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine Research Scientist, MIT
Dr. Irene Bosch is a visiting scientist at M.I.T. and also an adjunct professor at Mt. Sinai University in New York. Dr. Bosch...Continue reading
Mark T. Brown, PhD
Environmental Engineering Sciences University of Florida
Dr. Mark Brown is Professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences and Program Director of the Center for Environmental Policy a...Continue reading
Catherine (Katie) Brown, DVM, MSc, MPH
State Public Health Veterinarian, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Dr. Catherine M. Brown has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Minnesota, a Master’s of Science in Wild An...Continue reading
Irene Bueno-Padilla, DVM, MPH
Veterinary Resident-Graduate Program University of Minnesota
Dr. Irene Bueno-Padilla graduated from the University of Cordoba Veterinary School (Spain) in 2007 and then moved to the Univer...Continue reading
Nicola Bulled, MA, MPH, PhD
Educator, Research Instructor
Dr. Nicola Bulled is an experienced educator and research instructor. She holds a PhD and an MA in Anthropology from the Univer...Continue reading
Glenn Bush, MSc, PhD
Assistant Scientist Woods Hole Research Center
Dr. Glenn Bush specializes in welfare economics, resource valuation, and environmental cost-benefit analysis. His work has focu...Continue reading
Edward Calabrese, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health and Health Sciences University of Massachusetts Amherst
Research and publications in environmental toxicology; emphasis on biological factors (i.e. genetic and nutritional factors) wh...Continue reading
Alex Cottin, MA
Director of Partnerships, PCI Media Impact
Alex Cottin manages PCI Media Impact’s Communications and Development departments. Prior to joining the team, Alex served as ...Continue reading
Sarah Courchesne, DVM
SEANET Project Coordinator
Sarah Courchesne, DVM, is SEANET’s Project Coordinator. She received her BA in English from UMass Amherst, and then abruptly ...Continue reading
Akram Da’darah, MSc, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Akram Da'darah, M.Sc. Ph.D. is a Research Associate Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine who joined the Mole...Continue reading
Akram Da’darah, MSc, PhD
Infectious Disease
I am a course director and teach in the Master’s Program in Infectious Disease and Global Health. I have over 20 years of res...Continue reading
Tom DeLiberto PhD, DVM
Assistant Director, National Wildlife Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services
Jan E. Dizard, PhD
Charles Hamilton Houston Professor in American Culture (Sociology); Emeritus, Adjunct Professor, Center for Animals and Public Policy, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Adjunct Professor, Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Jan Dizard received his PhD in sociology from the University of Chicago. For the past twenty years, his research and teachi...Continue reading
Arthur Donohue-Rolfe, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus, Infectious Diseases, Department of Biomedical Sciences
General Research Interest: My general research interest is the pathogenesis of enteric bacterial pathogens. My particular curre...Continue reading
Seana Dowling-Guyer, MS
Course Director, Principles of Animal Behavior, Applied Animal Behavior, Research Methods I & II
Jonathan H. Epstein, DVM, MPH
Veterinarian and Epidemiologist, Vice President for Science and Outreach, EcoHealth Alliance, Adjunct Faculty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology; Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Tufts University School of Medicine and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dr. Epstein’s research interests include the ecology of zoonotic viruses such as Nipah virus, Ebola and SARS; zoonotic diseas...Continue reading
Nina H. Fefferman, PhD
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources Rutgers University
I am interested in the application of mathematical and computational models to biological systems. In my research, I work on a ...Continue reading
Jeffrey Foster, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences Northern Arizona University
I am a biologist studying disease ecology, conservation, invasion biology and evolution. I am currently a Research Assistant Pr...Continue reading
Richard French, DVM, MS, PhD
Vice President, Animal Health - Diagnostic Services Charoen Pokphand Group (China)
Dr. Richard French, D.V.M., is dean of the School of Animal Studies, and the Allerton Chair of Animal Health Sciences, at Becke...Continue reading
Amy Gantt, MA
Director, Office of Proposal Development, Office of the Vice Provost, Tufts University
Tom Gloria, MS, PhD
Managing Director, Industrial Ecology Consultant
Thomas P. Gloria, PhD, is Managing Director of IE Consultants. He has more than 19 years of professional experience in sustaina...Continue reading
Rebecca Harris, PhD
Course Director, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Donna Hicks, MSW, PhD
Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Harvard University
Research Interests are developing theory and practice of unofficial diplomatic approaches to international and intercommunal co...Continue reading
Parviez Hosseini, PhD
Senior Research Fellow, EcoHealth Alliance
Parviez Hosseini is an ecologist who uses his mathematical modeling skills to study the transmission dynamics of vector-borne p...Continue reading
Jason Kass, MS
President and Founder, Toilets for People
In his 15‐year career as an environmental engineer, Jason has worked at large engineering and consulting firms (Stone & W...Continue reading
Gretchen Kaufman, DVM
Wildlife Veterinarian and One Health Educator Founder & Associate Director, Veterinary Initiative for Endangered Wildlife (VIEW) Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University Adjunct Faculty, Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Dr. Kaufman was the first Director for the Masters in Conservation Medicine program at Cummings School. Her primary focus was o...Continue reading
Paul Kirshen, PhD
Research Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of New Hampshire
Dr. Kirshen has 30 years of experience serving as Principal Investigator/ Project Manager of complex, interdisciplinary, partic...Continue reading
Deborah T. Kochevar, DVM, PhD, DACVC
Pharmacology
Deborah T. Kochevar, DVM, PhD, DACVCP is Dean and Henry and Lois Foster Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine...Continue reading
Frederick A. (Ted) Leighton, DVM, PhD, Dip Ed
Associate, Atlantic Region, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Professor Emeritus, Department of Veterinary Pathology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Leighton is responsible for overall direction and administration of the CCWHC in consultation with staff and colleagues in ...Continue reading
Betsy Like
Library Manager and Instructor, The Webster Family Library
Betsy Like is the Library Manager at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She coordinates educational se...Continue reading
Trevor Lloyd-Evans, PhD
Director, Landbird Conservation Program, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Emily McCobb - DVM, MS, DACVAA
Assistant Director, Center for Animals and Public Policy; Section Leader, Animals in the Community
Randy Mickley
Wildlife Disease Biologist USDA APHIS Wildlife Services
Randy Mickley works as a Wildlife Disease Biologist at the USDA APHIS Wildlife Services Field Office in Sutton, MA. He compleme...Continue reading
Beth Miller, DVM
President, Miller Consulting
Dr Beth Miller is a veterinarian with 26 years of experience with international development and gender equity in developing cou...Continue reading
Megan Mueller, PhD
Section Leader, Human-Animal Interactions; Course Co-Director, Research Methods I
Maureen Murray, DVM, DiplABVP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Wildlife Medicine, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Dr. Maureen Murray is a graduate of Tufts Veterinary School and has been Staff Veterinarian at Tufts Wildlife Clinic since 2003...Continue reading
Elena Naumova, MS, PhD
Associate Dean for Research, The Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutritional Science and Policy Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Peggy Newell, M.B.A., J.D.
Deputy Provost Harvard University
Peggy Newell joined the Office of the Provost in November of 2012 as Deputy Provost. She is responsible for strategic and tacti...Continue reading
Felicia B. Nutter, DVM, PhD, DACZM
Course Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Rick Ostfeld, PhD
Disease Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Dr. Ostfeld’s research focuses on the interactions among organisms that influence: the risk of human exposure to vector-borne...Continue reading
Mark Pokras, DVM
Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Wildlife and Conservation Medicine
Julian Portilla, MS
Associate Professor, Division of Education and Human Studies, Champlain College
Julian Portilla’s work involves the design and implementation of community, environmental and political consensus-building pr...Continue reading
Ray Powell, MS, DVM
New Mexico Land Commissioner, Regional Director, Jane Goodall Institute
Ray Powell grew up in New Mexico, attended the University of New Mexico, and received his doctorate in veterinary medicine from...Continue reading
Peter M. Rabinowitz, MD
Director, Center for One Health Research Associate Professor, Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
Peter Rabinowitz MD MPH directs the Center for One Health Research. The Project explores linkages between human, animal, and en...Continue reading
Tina Rice
Associate Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations and Instructor
Alison H Robbins - MS, DVM
Assistant Director, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
Dr. Robbins is the Assistant Director for the Masters’ Program in Conservation Medicine, and a Research Assistant Professor i...Continue reading
Samuel Roberts
Bird Bander Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences
Samuel Roberts joins the Manomet banding team for the first time this fall. In addition to banding, he is responsible for sched...Continue reading
Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota
Cheryl Robertson, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN is a Public Health Nurse, Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at the University o...Continue reading
Jonathan Runstadler, DVM, PhD
Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Dr. Runstadler seeks to understand genetic factors that impact susceptibility to infectious disease, specific or general and th...Continue reading
Allen T. Rutberg, PhD
Director, Master of Science in Animals and Public Policy, Center for Animals and Public Policy; Section Leader, Wildlife in Captivity
Diafuka Saila-Ngita, DVM, MSc, PhD
Research Associate Professor Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Dr. Diafuka Saila-Ngita is Research Associate Professor at Tufts University. He is a trained veterinarian and holds a doctoral ...Continue reading
Abhineet S. Sheoran, BVSc, MS, PhD
Associate Professor, The Usen Family Career Development, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Assistant Professor Abhineet Sheoran, DVM, PhD, is an immunologist and infectious disease specialist with >15 years of exper...Continue reading
Abhineet Sheoran, BVSc, MS, PhD
Immunology, Enteric Infections, Host Response, Immunotherapy, Vaccine Development
As Director of the MS-IDGH program I am thrilled to have helped develop this new graduate program designed to train individuals...Continue reading
Charles Shoemaker, PhD
Development and application of therapeutic biomolecules, novel antitoxin therapeutics, molecular helminthology
I am currently a professor in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health (IDGH) and Director of the PhD Program in ...Continue reading
Inga Sidor, DVM, MS
Clinical Associate Professor, Senior Veterinary Pathologist, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire
Dr. Sidor received her veterinary degree from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University in 1999, followed by a...Continue reading
Patrick J. Skelly, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Chair Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
Dr. Patrick J. Skelly jointly runs the Molecular Helminthology Laboratory at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine with Pr...Continue reading
Patrick J. Skelly, PhD
Parasitology, Molecular & Cellular Helminthology
I am a Course Director and teacher in the MS-IDGH program. I also run the Molecular Helminthology Laboratory at Cummings Schoo...Continue reading
Katherine Smith, PhD
Associate Dean of Biology Undergraduate Education Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Research), Brown University
A member of the Brown faculty since July 2008, Kate received a BS in Biology from The University of New Mexico and a PhD in Eco...Continue reading
Jessica Sparks, MSW, MCM ’14, PhD
Course Director, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health Pronouns: She/her
Dr. Sparks joined the MCM program in 2016 as the course director for Project Management and Communication and Research Skills I...Continue reading
Carolyn Talmadge, MS
Course Director, Sr. GIS Specialist, Tufts Technology Services, Tufts University
Carolyn joined the Geospatial Technology Services team within Tufts Technology Services in 2013 after graduating from Tufts Sch...Continue reading
Sam Telford, SD, MS
Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
I am an epidemiologist focusing on arthropod-transmitted infections and am currently Professor of Infectious Disease and Global...Continue reading
Dominic Travis, DVM
Associate Professor, Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota
Postgraduate work includes an internship at the USDA Plum Island Animal Disease Center (focused on foot and mouth disease and A...Continue reading
Flo Tseng, DVM
Director, Tufts Wildlife Clinic Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health
As Director of the Wildlife Clinic, Flo Tseng oversees Clinic operations and instructs students during their rotations at the C...Continue reading
Saul Tzipori, DVM, PhD, DSc, FRCVS
Infectious Disease, Enteric Infections and Host Response
As Distinguished Professor and Agnes Varis University Chair in Science and Society, I play a leading role in the master’s pro...Continue reading
Peter Uvin, PhD
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Professor of Government, Claremont McKenna College
Fletcher Academic Dean Peter Uvin, founding director of the Institute for Human Security and the Henry J. Leir Professor of Int...Continue reading
Christopher A. Whittier, DVM, PhD
Program Director, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Tufts Center for Conservation Medicine
I joined Cummings School faculty in 2013 as a research assistant professor and Director of the MS in Conservation Medicine Prog...Continue reading
Giovanni F. Widmer, PhD
Molecular Biology of Protozoan Parasites, Microbial Pathogenesis
For over 20 years, I have taught in the General Parasitology and the Biotechnology course and have mentored PhD, master’s deg...Continue reading
Bryan S. Windmiller, PhD
Independent Ecological Consultant
Bryan Windmiller holds a PhD in biology and a Master’s degree in Environmental Policy, both from Tufts University. He was th...Continue reading
