Dominic Travis, DVM, MS

Dominic Travis DVM, MS is an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine, with appointments in the School of Public Health and Institute on the Environment. He is an expert in wildlife epidemiology and veterinary public health, focusing on emerging health and natural resource sustainability issues at the interface of wildlife, domestic animals and humans. Previously, he has worked on designing and conducting disease surveillance and health risk assessments on emerging zoonotic diseases such as West Nile virus, Avian Influenza, SIV/HIV, Anthrax and Ebola virus, among others, across North and South America, Africa and South East Asia. Dr. Travis has served on advisory committees at the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), European Union (EU), East African Union (EAU), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), as well as United States Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Homeland Security and several health and conservation-focused non-governmental organizations. His current research interests focus on interactions between animal/human health and biodiversity, food and water security and the global wildlife trade.

His current research interests focus on interactions between animal/human health and biodiversity, food and water security and the global wildlife trade, as well as the socio-cultural drivers of these interactions.

Ecosystem Health in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, NIH, Arcus Foundation, Morris Animal Foundation

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