I study the ecology and epidemiology of infectious diseases in animal and human populations. I have a PhD in the ecology of infectious diseases (UC Davis, 1995) and a DVM, emphasizing medicine of small animals, laboratory animals, and wildlife. My veterinary practice experience includes small animal medicine, emergency medicine, and working with free ranging wildlife.

1

Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases (in people, dogs, cats, horses, and wildlife) in California. Special interests include granulocytic ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, and plague.

2

Simulation and analytical modeling of infectious disease persistence and emergence in nature, using different pathogen-host systems.

3

Infectious diseases in animal shelters: bordetellosis, diarrheal diseases, feline URI, arthropod induced dermatopathy.

4

Maintenance and spread of infectious diseases in coral reef ecosystems.

I have two children, 5 cats, a dog, 5 chickens and two turtles. My husband, Patrick Foley, is a theoretical population biologist specializing in extinction at California State University, Sacramento.