Radford Davis

Board Certification

• American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (Public Health)(ACVPM) - 2002

Education

• Master of Public Health (MPH), University of Arizona, 1997
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), Colorado State University, 1991
• Bachelor of Science (BS), Weber State University, 1987

Current Professional Activities

• Associate Professor of Public Health, Dept. of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University.
• Teach public health and epidemiology to veterinary students. Stress the importance of veterinary and human health professionals working together.
• Consultant to private companies on zoonoses and public health

Past Professional Activities

• Heavy into the field of agroterrorism and bioterrorism from 2000-2006. Consulted for several companies, FBI, USDA, and DHS on agroterrorism. Designed and taught a course on agroterrorism for the Naval Postgraduate School.
• Practiced for 7 years in emergency medicine in Tucson, AZ after graduation.
• Spent 2 years researching plague in Arizona (camping and trapping and testing rodents).

Marital Status

• Wife, Kristina August, DVM (classmate in vet school). She runs a part-time, low-stress small animal housecall business from our home and I play tech in my free time. She's on VIN all the time, but never seems to visit the public health boards.... go figure.

Children

• Two lovely girls: Jordan (9) and Kira (7). We homeschool, so they keep my wife busy

Pets

• Midnight, a black lab-coonhound mix that never gets tired and howls when anyone plays the harmonica or recorder. My eldest daughter has a few fish and frogs

Hobbies

• Writing fiction, cooking, bodybuilding, travel, reading

Favorite Quote

• Let me think about that ... wait, maybe that's a quote in itself!

What I like Most About VIN

• Learning as I try to help others, the camaraderie, the caring about making our work better.