- Professor Emeritus
- Veterinary Medicine Extension
Biography
A nationally recognized expert in food safety and lead of a multi-institutional animal health and food security policy project, Dr. Sischo’s program integrates basic and translational research that across disciplines to affect policy change to improve animal and human health.
Department Affiliations
- Veterinary Clinical Sciences (primary appointment)
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital
- Veterinary Medicine Extension
- Paul G. Allen School for Global Health
Research Interests
Dr. Sischo’s research and teaching interests are at the intersection of animal agriculture systems and the rural, suburban and urban communities that interact with these systems. Understanding and supporting efficient, sustainable, and healthy food systems that promote food security and public health are major research interests.
Dr. Sischo’s primary research is in:
- Understanding the ecology of zoonotic and food-borne pathogens in animal production units, with a particular emphasis on the transmission dynamics of Salmonella across rural and urban interfaces.
- The impact of communication and management on complex agricultural production systems on the use of antibiotics.
- Describing interventions on dairy and beef operations that change the shedding patterns of shiga toxin Escherichia coli in adult and young cattle.
- Understanding the significance of the cattle intestinal microbiome on health and productivity and particularly on changes to the microbiome that impact carbon cycles on animal production systems.
- Developing quantitative models to predict the impact of policy and communication on disease transmission.