Ana Paula Serafini

Position Responsibility Statement, 2022-Present

Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University, coordinating the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) Outbreak Management Program (https://fieldepi.org/pomp/).

Has active research and extensions activities focused on identifying PRRSV outbreak impacts given specific herd characteristics, biosecurity and bio-management practices, and health interventions on terms of key production indicators.

Has active research in traditional concepts of epidemiology and infectious diseases, biosecurity applied to livestock systems, disease management, diagnostic data, surveillance, and field-aplied epidemiology studies.

Current work can provide expertise in new technologies and applications for study design, data collection, analysis, summarization, and visualization applied to animal health.

Work experience in leading research in controlled and field settings, managing and supervising research associates, and teaching undergraduate, and graduate student levels.

Education

2019 - 2022         Doctor in Philosophy (Ph.D) in Population Sciences in Animal Health (Major) and minoring in Statistics. Iowa State University, Ames Iowa, United States.

2016 - 2018         Masters of Science (MS), Veterinary Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology. University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

2010 - 2015         Bachelor in Veterinary Medicine. University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

During her professional career, she has been extensively involved in research, teaching and consulting. She has published numerous peer reviewed articles and she has also spoken at industry conferences. Also, she has received several awards such as the Epidemiology Committee Student/Trainee Travel Award or the Lora and Russ Talbot Graduate Fellowship.

Updated CV 23-Sep-2024