Meet Our Speakers

Andrew Bowman, MS, DVM, PhD, holds DVM, Master’s, and PhD degrees from The Ohio State University, where he is a Professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. An expert in viral infectious diseas-es, veterinary public health, and epidemiology, Dr. Bowman oversees a research team that focuses on zoonotic infectious diseases. He leads applied field research projects investigating the epidemiology of influenza in ani-mal populations and transmission across the animal-human interface. Some of his team’s most recent work has investigated highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 in cattle. Before his return to academia, Dr. Bowman was a practicing veterinarian focused on food animal production.