Outreach and engagment

Translating science to action

At the VanderWaal lab, we endeavor to communicate scientific outputs to industry and the community at large through different avenues


Conferences and seminars


Media


2021

  • American Association of Swine Veterinarians 2021

    • Lessons learned from plant closures, testing employees, and modelling outbreaks

    • Estimating viral population size of PRRSV sub-lineages based on genetic diversity

    • Estimating farm-level reproduction numbers for PRRSV using sequence-based transmission tree analysis

    • Feeder pig movements as a potential driver of the spread of PRRS lineage 1 viruses in the US

2021


2020

  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases 2020

    • Forecasting PEDV outbreaks at the farm-level in the U.S. swine industry

    • Estimating farm-level reproductive numbers for PRRSV using sequence-based transmission tree analysis

    • Molecular surveillance of foot-and-mouth disease virus at slaughterhouses in Vietnam

    • Tracking the dispersal of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Uganda using novel phylodynamic methods

    • Drivers of antimicrobial use in pastoral communities in Kenya

    • Role of animal movements in PRRS spread in the U.S. swine industry


2020


Past

  • Alen D Leman Conference 2019

    • Dynamics of PRRSV in the US over the past decade: a molecular epidemiology perspective.

    • Forecasting outbreaks of PEDV.


Past