The USGS National Wildlife Health Center, Research Microbiology / Plague lab of Dr. Rocke, was my PhD home. Dr. Osorio's arbovirology and vaccine lab was home at UW-Madison.

team members

To be able to assess the impact of the prairie dog oral sylvatic plague vaccine on non-target small rodents and further evaluate the role of short-lived rodents in plague ecology on prairie dog colonies, I worked with the amazing NWHC crew, Dr. Rocke's state and federal collaborators and I recruited, trained and mentored my ambitious team! Without this crew, the work could have not been done.

Working with my team was great, but seeing them grow has been even better!

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make."

*** Dr. Jane Goodall ***