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Researchers and Staff by Center Role

Alphabetical Listing Listing by Center Role

 

CENTER DIRECTORS
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
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Casper Bendixsen, PhD

Associate Director of UMASH Director of the National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-387-9410 Website: View Bio
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Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Associate Director of UMASH Director, Environmental and Occupational HealthMigrant Clinicians Network
Phone: 512-579-4535 Website: Bibliography
ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING CORE
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
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Casper Bendixsen, PhD

Associate Director of UMASH Director of the National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-387-9410 Website: View Bio
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Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Associate Director of UMASH Director, Environmental and Occupational HealthMigrant Clinicians Network
Phone: 512-579-4535 Website: Bibliography
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Joy L. Archibald

Web Coordinator Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-626-1440
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Cassandra M Edlund, MPH, CHES

Sr. Communications Manager & Evaluation Specialist School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
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Steve Kirkhorn, MD, MPH

UMASH Medical Advisor Medical Director, AgriSafe Network
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Megan Schossow, MS

Center Coordinator and Director of Outreach School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-1151
PILOT PROJECTS
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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
OUTREACH
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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health
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Scott Heiberger,, MS

Communications Manager National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-389-7541
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Megan Schossow, MS

Center Coordinator and Director of Outreach School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-1151
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Steve Kirkhorn, MD, MPH

UMASH Medical Advisor Medical Director, AgriSafe Network
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Melissa Ploeckelman

Outreach Specialist National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-389-5387
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Megan Schossow, MS

Center Coordinator and Director of Outreach School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-1151
EVALUATION
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
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John LaVelle, PhD

Evaluation Director
Phone: 612-626-0884 Website: View Bio
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Cassandra M Edlund, MPH, CHES

Sr. Communications Manager & Evaluation Specialist School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
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Erica Shuck

Evaluation Research Assistant School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

 

UMASH PROJECTS

2016-2021

Optimizing Assessment of Virus-Containing Particles in Animal Agriculture
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Peter C. Raynor, PhD

Professor Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-7135 Website: View Bio

CO-INVESTIGATORS

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Sagar M. Goyal, PhD

Professor College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-2714 Website: View Bio
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Montserrat Torremorell, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-1233 Website: View Bio
Rural Firefighters Delivering Agricultural Safety and Health (RF-DASH)
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Casper Bendixsen, PhD

Associate Director of UMASH Director of the National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-387-9410 Website: View Bio

PROJECT PERSONNEL

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Kathrine L. Barnes, MS, MPH

Research Specialist National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-221-7150
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Jakob Hanschu

Research Specialist National Farm Medicine CenterMarshfield Clinic Research Institute
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Kyle Koshalek

Research Coordinator Associate National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-389-3786
Longitudinal Study of Infectious Disease Risks at the Human-Swine Interface
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Peter Davies, BVSc, PhD

Professor, Swine Health and Production Veterinary Population MedicineUniversity of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine
Phone: 612-625-8290 Website: View Bio

CO-INVESTIGATORS

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Montserrat Torremorell, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-1233 Website: View Bio

STAFF

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My Yang

Scientist Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-626-5216
Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases in Agricultural Workers in Minnesota II
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

CO-INVESTIGATOR

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Joni M. Scheftel, DVM, MPH, DACVPM

State Public Health Veterinarian Supervisor, Zoonotic Diseases UnitMinnesota Department of Health
Phone: 651-201-5107

COORDINATOR

STAFF

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Bree Friedman

Epidemiologist Minnesota Department of Health
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Malia Ireland, DVM, MPH

Epidemiologist Zoonotic Diseases UnitMinnesota Department of Health
Phone: 651-201-5136
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Isabel Ricke

Graduate Student Minnesota Department of Health
Assessing and Preventing Occupational Injuries in Animal Agriculture
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health

CO-INVESTIGATORS

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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
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Sandra Godden, DVM

Professor Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-8177
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Katherine Schofield, PhD

Associate Professor Swenson College of Science and EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota Duluth
Phone: 218-726-6306 Website: Bio
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Bryan Weichelt, PhD, MBA

Project Scientist National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-221-7276
Promoting Safety and Worker Health for Immigrant Dairy Workers
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

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Jonathan Kirsch, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of General Internal MedicineDepartment of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-624-1191 Website: View Bio
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Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Associate Director of UMASH Director, Environmental and Occupational HealthMigrant Clinicians Network
Phone: 512-579-4535 Website: Bibliography

CO-INVESTIGATORS

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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health
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Auguste Brihn, DVM, MRCVS

Resident Veterinary Public Health and Preventative MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
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Gerard Cramer, DVM, DVSc

Associate Professor, Dairy Production Medicine Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-8184
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Erin Royster, DVM, MS

Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-9243 Website: View Bio
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Katherine Schofield, PhD

Associate Professor Swenson College of Science and EngineeringUniversity of Minnesota Duluth
Phone: 218-726-6306 Website: Bio

PROJECT COORDINATOR

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Chela Vazquez, PhD

Research Project Specialist Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-4578

COLLABORATOR

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Kristi Halvarson

Executive Director Community Health Service Inc.
Phone: 218-236-6502

 

2011-2016

Occupational Hazards in Pork Production Associated with Production Practices
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PROJECT DIRECTOR
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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health

CO-INVESTIGATORS
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203
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Peter C. Raynor, PhD

Professor Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-7135 Website: View Bio

STAFF

No results.

MRSA Colonization and Infection in Swine Veterinarians
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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Peter Davies, BVSc, PhD

Professor, Swine Health and Production Veterinary Population MedicineUniversity of Minnesota, College of Veterinary Medicine
Phone: 612-625-8290 Website: View Bio

CO-INVESTIGATORS
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Claudia Munoz-Zanzi, DVM, MPVM, PhD

Associate Professor Environmental Health SciencesSchool of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-626-2849 Website: View Bio
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Srinand Sreevatsan, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-3769 Website: View Bio

STAFF
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Jisun Sun, DVM

Research Assistant College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
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My Yang

Scientist Veterinary Population MedicineCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-626-5216

Surveillance of Disease and Injury in Wisconsin Dairy Farmers and Workers
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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:
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Jeff VanWormer, PhD

Associate Research Scientist Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health (CCEPH)Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Phone: 715-221-6484 Website: View Bio

SENIOR ADVISOR:

CO-INVESTIGATORS:
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Bruce H. Alexander, PhD

Division Health & Professor, Founding UMASH Director Environmental Health SciencesUniversity of Minnesota School of Public Health
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Stephen C. Waring, DVM, PhD

Senior Research Scientist, Division of Research Essentia Institute of Rural Health
Phone: 218-786-1280

STAFF:
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Kathrine L. Barnes, MS, MPH

Research Specialist National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-221-7150
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David McClure, PhD

Clinical Epidemiologist Marshfield Epidemiology Research CenterMarshfield Clinic Research Foundation
Phone: 715-389-3534

Surveillance for Zoonotic Diseases in Agricultural Workers in Minnesota
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PROJECT DIRECTOR:

CO-INVESTIGATORS:
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Richard N. Danila, PhD

Assistant State Epidemiologist Minnesota Department of Health
Phone: 612-201-5116
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Joni M. Scheftel, DVM, MPH, DACVPM

State Public Health Veterinarian Supervisor, Zoonotic Diseases UnitMinnesota Department of Health
Phone: 651-201-5107

COORDINATOR:

STAFF:

No results.

Seguridad en las Lecherias: Immigrant Dairy Worker Health and Safety Project
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PROJECT DIRECTORS:
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Amy K. Liebman, MPA, MA

Associate Director of UMASH Director, Environmental and Occupational HealthMigrant Clinicians Network
Phone: 512-579-4535 Website: Bibliography

CO-INVESTIGATOR:

No results.

STAFF:

No results.

Facilitating Return to Work for Injured and Ill Animal Agriculture Workers
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PROJECT DIRECTOR:
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Bryan Weichelt, PhD, MBA

Project Scientist National Farm Medicine Center
Phone: 715-221-7276

STAFF:
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Nancy Bellendorf, OTR

Consultant Work Safe Therapy & Ergonomics
Phone: 715-499-1147

Multidisciplinary Network to Address Agriculture Worker Health and Safety Issues
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CO-INVESTIGATORS:
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Jeffrey B. Bender, DVM, MS, DACVPM

UMASH Director Former Director, USAID One Health Workforce ProjectProfessor, Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
Phone: 612-625-6203

COORDINATOR:

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STAFF:

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