2. Through graduate education, internships and career development, the FAZD Center is creating the next generation of highly trained professionals for FAZD defense.
3. Amy Delgado studied as a doctoral candidate, conducting research on the social implications of a Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak in the United States. Today, she works in Costa Rica to improve disease surveillance and emergency response in agriculture. She also deals with emergency preparedness and response, and risk communication.
4. NoriedDeJesus-Velazquez took part in the 2007 DHS Minority Serving Institutions Summer Research at a FAZD Center laboratory. She is pursuing a master's degree in epidemiology at the University of Puerto Rico. She plans to earn a Ph.D. before entering government service.
5. Katherine Taylor received the Fogarty International Clinical Research Training Award through NIH and the American Association of Schools of Public Health. She is a winner in the DHS poster competition for 2010, and is in her second year as a Career Development Graduate at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Her research aids in developing vaccines against zoonotic diseases.
6. Amy Hagerman is a research associate in agricultural economics at Texas A&M who performed her thesis work at the FAZD Center. She is part of a research team led by Nobel Prize-winner Bruce McCarl. Her research focuses on strategies for responding to outbreaks of highly contagious Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the United States.
