Dr. Kristen Clark is a public health veterinarian dedicated to the promotion of human, animal, and environmental health. She holds her BS in Zoology and DVM from Iowa State University,  her MPH from the University of Minnesota, and is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. In addition to working in private practice, she previously served as the State of Iowa’s enteric disease epidemiologist and coordinator for food and feed emergencies. In 2015, Dr. Clark began her employment with Iowa State University as a Veterinary Specialist with the Center for Food Security and Public Health and also served as the University’s Acting COVID-19 Public Health Coordinator throughout the pandemic. In 2021, Dr. Clark began serving as Iowa State’s inaugural University Public Health Coordinator where she oversees campus public health operations for all faculty, staff, and students. She is active in organized veterinary medicine at the state and national levels and currently serves as the President-Elect and Public Health Committee Chair of the Iowa Veterinary Medical Association and President of the Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium. In addition, she serves as the AVMA Delegate for the American Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians. She owns a farm and a charitable sock company and lives just outside of Ames, IA, with her son and fibered, feathered, and furry menagerie better known as the Happy Bottom Homestead. She can be reached on LinkedIN https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kristen-k-clark/ and at her email: [email protected]

Dr. Rachel Cezar-Martínez DVM

ZZ Cowboy Corral CEO

NAFV President 2023

AAEP Diversity and Nominating Committee

She can be reached on LinkedIN: http://linkedin.com/in/drrachelcezar-martinez 

Dr. Joseph Annelli is currently the Executive Vice President of National Association of Federal Veterinarians. He comes to this position after years serving as a veterinarian in the federal government. 

Commander Willy Lanier is a U.S. Public Health Service veterinary officer assigned as a CDC Career Epidemiology Field Officer to the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. Willy earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota. He is also board certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. Willy grew up in Alaska, profoundly influenced by his epidemiologist mother, pathologist father, and adventures while hunting, fishing, and dog mushing. Since July 2021, he has served as the Utah State Public Health Veterinarian, facilitating One Health prevention efforts at the intersection of human, animal, and environmental health. Willy has previously been assigned to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (Office of Field Operations and Applied Epidemiology Staff), CDC (Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Utah Department of Health and Human Services), and FDA (Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation Network and Office of Regulatory Affairs). His professional interests include epidemiology, pathology, and public health policy and, while not working, he enjoys camping, singing, and playing Ultimate Frisbee. Willy most enjoys being a husband and a father.  

Email: [email protected] for any questions.

Dr. Bernadette Dunham shared some exciting highlights of her career that took her from Canada to the U.S. working for the AVMA explaining One Health to Congress, in research for humans, FDA, and as a professor.  =========================================================== 

Bernadette Dunham, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professorial Lecturer, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. Bio: Dr. Bernadette Dunham is with the Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (2016 to present) where her focus is on One Health issues. In October 2019, Dr. Dunham was appointed as a member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine's Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources for a three-year term thru December 2022. Dr. Dunham served a two year term as an Advisor to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) One Health Initiative from 2019 to 2021. Dr. Dunham has served the FDA as Director of the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) from 2008-2016, Deputy Director of CVM and Director of the Office of Minor Use and Minor Species from 2006-2008, and Deputy Director of the Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation from 2002-2006. Before beginning her government career, she was an Assistant Director with American Veterinary Medical Association’s Governmental Relations Division in Washington, D.C. from 1995-2002. Dr. Dunham served as Director of Laboratory Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the State University of New York Health Science Center, Syracuse, N.Y. from 1987-1995. She was a Resident, Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. from 1987–1988. Before returning to academia in 1979 to pursue her Ph.D. and Post-Doctoral research in cardiovascular pathophysiology at Boston University, Dr. Dunham was in private veterinary practice for four years in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Dunham received her D.V.M. degree from the Ontario College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Guelph, Canada and her Ph.D. from Boston University, MA.  Dr. Dunham currently serves on the National Institute for Antimicrobial Resistance, Research and Education (NIAMRRE) Leadership Council and the Executive Advisory Board for the Center for Animal and Human Health in Appalachia (CAHA), Lincoln Memorial University. Dr. Dunham is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the National Academies of Practice, the American Public Health Association, and an Honorary member of the American Association of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians. She is an Honorary Diplomate and an Awardee of the K.F. Meyer - James H. Steele Gold-Headed Cane Award from the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society. She has served on peer review panels for the National Academies of Science, the American Heart Association - New York State Affiliate, United States Department of Agriculture-Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, Competitive Programs, and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dunham served as the Chairperson for the 18th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Foods.

Dr. Dunham can be reached at [email protected]

Dr.  Renate Reimschuessel tells us about the in depth work that led to the discovery that melamine was the culprit in the massive pet food recall of 2007.  Up till that time melamine had not been identified as a  contaminant.  Since melamine shows up as an amino acid in food testing, it was used to counterfeit protein that was added to pet foods to increase the protein content.  It was sold as a protein replacement for far more than actual protein costs.  This is s deep dive as to what went on behind the scenes to figure out this new contaminant and the many veterinarians from multiple agencies and clinical practice who worked together on this mystery.  Dr. Renate Reimschuessel has made her mark on veterinary medicine through her mostly behind-the-scenes life in research, academia, and government.   I am grateful she was able to share her amazing career here for the AAFSPHV YouTube channel.  She can be reached at [email protected] .

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CREDIT:   Our Video Editor for this episode  is Dr. Kimberly Orr, PhD

Dr. Reimschuessel retired from being the program director for Vet-LIRN (Veterinary Laboratory Investigation and Response Network at the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the FDA).  Graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975. BA Degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981.  Practice: Following graduation, she went into small and exotic animal practice for 5 years. Ph.D. in Pathology from the University of Maryland, specializing in aquatic animal pathology. (Thesis title*) Faculty: From 1989-1999 she stayed at University of Maryland School of Medicine as Director of the Aquatic Pathobiology Center, Associate Professor. FDA: In 1999 she joined the Center for Veterinary Medicine at FDA to start up the Aquaculture Research program. Her major research interests include: Food Safety – chemical and microbial, Drug development for aquaculture including:  Biodistribution, residue persistence, metabolism,  Drug efficacy,  Environmental effects of drugs and other chemicals used in aquaculture. Past research included:  Renal toxicologic pathology - studying fish kidney repair responses  Immunotoxicology - using fish immune function as an indicator of environmental pollution,  Diagnostic aquatic animal pathology She is an active mentor for graduate students and for many other students, including veterinary interns, college students and high school science teachers and taught in the AquaVet program for 18 years. She has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and has authored multiple book chapters. In addition, she has led numerous workshops on aquatic animal medicine and research.  Dr. Reimschuessel was a finalist for the 2008 Service to America Awards for her work during the Pet Food Recall of 2007 – “Achievement: Made the scientific breakthrough to identify the cause of the largest pet food recall in history (Melamine) and is currently conducting critical research to guarantee the safetyof imported foods.” She was also a co-author on the Society of Toxicology’s “Best Paper of the Year” 2009. The paper describes her collaborative study with P&G during the pet food recall.   In 2010 She created network of over 40 Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories to work with FDA to investigate animal food and animal drug contamination/adulteration events. This network, Vet-LIRN ( https://tinyurl.com/Vet-LIRN ) has investigated many high profile cases while also developing new chemical and biological testing methods.  In 2020, she also led an effort to successfully validate veterinary test methods for SARS-Cov2 virus for Vet-LIRN laboratories testing for animal and human COVID-19 cases.   Personal note: Renate is an avid contra dancer, likes Irish music (and beer) and occasionally tries her hand at playing the fiddle.  She can be reached at [email protected]   *Toxicity, Regeneration and Nephron Development in the Goldfish Kidney Following a Sublethal Dose of Hexachlorobutadiene ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CREDITS: Video edit by Kimberly Orr,  DVM, PhD

Angela Demaree, DVM, MPH (click here to message her on LinkedIn ).

If you had only one word to describe our guest today, it would be Fearless. Dr. Angela Demaree, 

is a veteran, veterinarian, politician, speaker, author, Certified High Performance Coach TM and

host of the hit podcast, Beyond The Stethoscope TM. 

She believes that what the world needs now, more than ever are thoughtful, inspiring political

candidates who understand the importance of diverse viewpoints and working together to

overcome the next generation of public health challenges.

Angela works with political candidates, veterinarians and busy professionals to create effective

public health messages, overcome obstacles, and live the life of their dreams without so much

stress, struggle or overwhelm. She has created a free article for download that helps with life-making changes at the 5 Minute Decision. An article featured in Yahoo! Finance named her one of the ‘Top Female Business Coaches Empowering and Inspiring in 2021.’

Visit her Website: PAWS CONSULTING.  Media Handles: @DemareeDVM (IG, FB, Twitter, Linked In).

Dr. Arnold Goldman is our featured guest for this episode. What makes him so unique for our organizations, the American Assn of Food Safety and Public Health Veterinarians, is that he remains a full time clinical veterinarian in private practice for 35 years.   For more about him and his practice go to https://cantonanimalhospital.com/about-us/He is also available as a mentor and can be reached at  [email protected] .

Michele Tidd Pfannenstiel, DVM, CEO of Dirigo Food Safety, is a veteran veterinarian turned business coach and food safety strategist. As the CEO of Dirigo Food Safety she created Food Safety University, a game changing course for simplifying food safety planning for small business operators. She is known in the food industry and beyond for being an innovator and food safety expert.  Food Safety University  and the other products Michele has created have been transformative, generating millions of dollars in revenue for her clients in just a few years and serving small businesses around the country. Michele is on a mission to transform local economies through profitable and sustainable food manufacturing.   Go to www.foodsafetyuniversity.com to listen to Food Safety University Podcast and to Subscribe to her email list.    She also offers Coaching which is a life changing experience.  She can be reached at  [email protected] 

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 Dr. Donna DeBonis is the 2020-2022 President of AAFSPHV.  She is also a veterinarian and veteran.  Please subscribe to this AAFSPHV Podcast  channel and share. This same episode is available on YouTube-  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBK2T_8xj-w