Antimicrobial Resistance Conference

Education

2016 - PhD | Royal Veterinary College, UK
2015 - Residency in Veterinary Public Health | Royal Veterinary College, UK
2010 - MSc (Vet Epi) | Royal Veterinary College, UK
2007 - BVetMed | Royal Veterinary College, UK

Experience

2020–Present | Assistant Professor, One Health Epidemiology, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University
2019–2020 | Research Associate, Department of Population medicine & Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
2016–2019 | Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
2016–2016 | Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
2016–2016 | Research Assistant, Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Royal Veterinary College, UK
2011–2013 | Research Assistant, Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College
2010–2011 | Research Assistant, Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health Group, Royal Veterinary College
2007–2009 | Veterinary Surgeon, Teme Veterinary Practice, UK

Certifications

• Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
• Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health

Professional Memberships, Honors, and Awards

• 2007-Present Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons

Courses

• CPB 86900 Veterinary Public Health & Zoonosis

Biography

Dr. Herman Barkema completed his DVM degree at Utrecht University, The Netherlands, in 1988. He spent two and a half years as manager of a large dairy and beef herd in Costa Rica, then taught bovine herd health at Utrecht University and worked as an epidemiologist for the Dutch Animal Health Service while completing his PhD. In 2001, Dr. Barkema moved to the University of PEI. He subsequently moved to the University of Calgary, where he founded UCVM’s Department of Production Animal Health. He currently is Professor in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases at UCVM and NSERC Industrial Research in Infectious Diseases of Dairy Cattle, with a joint appointment in the Department of Community Health Sciences of the Cumming School of Medicine. He is also Foreign Expert at the China Agricultural University in Beijing. Dr. Barkema’s research program focuses on prevention and control of diseases in cattle herds, including antimicrobial resistance. He has published >425 scientific manuscripts and has lectured all over the world. He leads the Antimicrobial Resistance – One Health Consortium, and CAN-AMR-Net. Dr. Barkema is a fellow and Board Member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Research / Scholarly Activities

The over-all goal of my research program is to ensure a safe and economical food supply with reduced risks of transmission of zoonotic diseases to farm families and the general public. I have two main research interests; the first is to prevent and control infectious diseases on dairy farms, primarily mastitis and Johne’s disease, including both animal and public health perspectives. New prevention and control programs in Canada, The Netherlands, and other countries have been introduced or changed based on results of my research. My second main research interest involves interactions among hosts, microbes and the environment in antimicrobial resistance.

My research projects are conducted by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, often with assistance of summer students. Because I value a multidisciplinary education of these graduate students, all of my graduate students are co-supervised by a faculty member with a complimentary expertise, most often a basic scientist. Knowledge transfer and exchange is a logical and important extension of my research program.

Prof. Arun Bhunia is a professor of food microbiology. He received his Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc, DVM Equivalent) degree from India, a Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming (USA), and postdoctoral training from the University of Arkansas (USA). He is affiliated with the Department of Comparative Pathobiology, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease (PI4D), Purdue Institute of Drug Discovery (PIDD) and Purdue University Life Science (PULSe). He was the past Chair of the Food Science Graduate Program. His expertise includes microbial pathogenesis, probiotic bioengineering, and foodborne pathogen detection. To date, he has co-authored 234 peer-reviewed research publications and 2 textbooks (Fundamental Food Microbiology; Foodborne Microbial Pathogens), edited 4 books, and delivered over 184 talks. He served in the USDA National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) and has received the Purdue Agriculture Research Award, Purdue Faculty Scholar, Purdue Outstanding Graduate Educator, IFT R&D Award, Fulbright Specialist, Maurice Weber Laboratorian Award (IAFP), and Fellow Award (IAFP). He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Foods, and an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology, PLoS One, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, and BMC Microbiology.

Dr. Dubraska Díaz-Campos is a veterinarian and Associate Professor of Clinical Microbiology at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She taught infectious diseases in Venezuela for eight years, then completed a residency in clinical microbiology and a PhD at Auburn University. She served as Assistant Professor and Director of Bacteriology/Parasitology at Washington State University for four years. At Ohio State, she directs the Clinical Microbiology Lab, oversees infection control, and co-leads the companion animal antimicrobial stewardship program. Since 2023, she has chaired the CLSI Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee.

Dr. Renee Fleeman is an Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on elucidating the mechanisms bacteria utilize to resist antimicrobials to provide insight for developing novel therapeutics. Dr. Fleeman received her Ph.D. from University of South Florida in 2017, earning both the Outstanding Research Award (2017) and Outstanding Dissertation Award (2018). As a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin she was awarded the prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00). She has approximately 20 publications, numerous patents on antimicrobial therapeutics, and presented at national and international meetings showcasing her expertise in the field.

Area of Expertise: Food Animal Microbiome, Microbial Ecology

Education: B.S., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Michigan State University; 

Post-doctoral Training: McMaster University, Canada (2013-2015); National Animal Disease Center, ARS, USDA (2015-2017)

Education

• B.S., Brigham Young University, 1971
• Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1975

Awards

• Named one of Indiana’s 250 most influential persons, 2024
• American Lung Association – Legacy Award, 2024
• Gustavus John Esselen Award (ACS), 2022
• Peter Speiser Award, 2018
• Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research, 2015
• American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research, 2015
• American Chemical Society's George & Christine Sosnovsky Award for Cancer Research, 2015
• Elected National Academy of Inventors, 2015
• Mathias P. Mertes Award, 2015
• Roland T. Lakey Award, 2015
• Morrill Award, 2014
• BYU Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2013
• Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year Award, 2013
• Outstanding Commercialization Award for Faculty, 2006
• World of Difference Award, Indiana Health Industry Forum, 2000
• National Institutes of Health MERIT Award, 1999
• Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998
• Sigma Xi Research Award, 1997
• Herbert Newby McCoy Award(Purdue University's award for the best research on campus), 1993
• Indiana Lions Club Cancer Research Award, 1991
• International Union Against Cancer Fellow, 1987
• Research Associate, University of Massachusetts, 1975

PROFESSIONAL FACULTY RESEARCH

(Biochemistry, Signal Transduction, and Microbiology) Investigation of Fic domain containing proteins in Cellular Signaling. Post-translational modification of proteins is a common theme in signal transduction.

Education

B.S. in Biochemistry (High Honors), University of Maryland, College Park Mentors: Drs. John W. Kozarich and Bruce B. Jarvis

Ph.D. in Microbiology & Immunology, UCLA

Post-Doc, UC-San Diego

Degrees

• B. S., Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 2012
• M. S., Computer Science, Brigham Young University, 2014
• Ph. D., Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018

Research

Mathematical modeling and control of dynamic networked systems, e.g. epidemiological, biological, economic systems, infrastructure networks, social networks, etc.; stability analysis, identifiability, and parameter estimation of such nonlinear and possibly time-varying systems; safety-critical control of networked dynamic systems; data-informed and data-driven control methods of networked dynamic systems

Areas of Interest

• Automatic Controls
• Communications, Networking, Signal & Image Processing

• Indicates primary area for this faculty member. Note that a few faculty members have more than one primary area.

Education

2022 - PhD | Washington State University
2016 - DVM | The Ohio State University
2012 - BS | The Ohio State University

Certifications

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (Bacteriology/Mycology and Virology)

Areas of Interest

• Antimicrobial resistance
• Antimicrobial stewardship
• Foodborne and zoonotic disease

Dr. Mohit Verma is an Associate Professor within Purdue University's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, as well as the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His laboratory pioneers field-deployable biosensors, offering swift characterization solutions for viruses, bacteria, antimicrobial resistance genes, fungi, and plants. His innovative research encompasses a wide spectrum of applications, spanning humans, animals, plants, and the environment. This transformative technology is seamlessly transitioned to commercialization through his startup, Krishi, Inc.

Zhong-Yin Zhang graduated from Nankai University in 1984 with a B.S. in Chemistry. He pursued his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Purdue University under the tutelage of Dr. Robert Van Etten, where he carried out the first mechanistic study on a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) and graduated in 1990. After a brief stint at Upjohn, he completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan from 1991-1994, where he continued his work on the PTPs in the laboratory of Dr. Jack Dixon. Zhong-Yin established his own laboratory in 1994 at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he rose to the rank of Professor in 2002. From 2005-2015, Zhang was the Robert A. Harris Professor and Chairman of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Indiana University School of Medicine. In 2016, Zhang moved back to Purdue as Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Robert C. and Charlotte P. Anderson Chair in Pharmacology, and Head of the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology. He also serves as the Director of the Institute for Drug Discovery at Purdue University. His research spans the disciplines of chemistry and biology with an emphasis on PTP structure and function, signaling mechanism, and development of PTP inhibitors as novel therapeutics.

Honors and Awards

• 2018                       Inducted into Innovators Hall of Fame, Purdue University
• 2017                       Elected Fellow, American Asso. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• 1999-2003            Irma T. Hirschl Career Scientist Award.
• 1997-2000            Sinsheimer Scholar.