Woutrina A Smith

Woutrina A Smith

Agronomist and Associate Dean and Director and Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology
One Health Institute

Office
1042 Vet Med 3B, Davis, CA 95616

Education
2004, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
2001, MPVM, University of California, Davis, CA
1996, BA, Pomona College, Claremont, CA
2001, DVM, University of California, Davis,
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Ecology and diagnostics of Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus and work-force development and training program for National Bio and Agro Defense facility (NBAF), Bird, B (Principal Investigator), United States Department of Agriculture ARS
Principal Investigator, Validation study of Sarcocystis neurona diagnostics with evaluation of other pathogenic protozoa in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), (Principal Investigator), John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistance Grant Program
Co-Investigator, Clinical development of “DDvax” a human vaccine candidate for Rift Valley fever, Bird, B (Principal Investigator), Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation
Honors and Awards
1999 Helen Bailey Memorial Research Scholarship
2001 Contributions to Avian and Exotic Medicine Award
2002-2003 Coastal Environmental Quality Initiaive Graduate Fellow
2002-2004 California Sea Grant Fellow
2003 Consortium for Women and Research Travel Award
2003 World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology Travel Award
2003 Morris Animal Foundation Fellow
2004 American Society for Microbiology Summer Institute Fellow
2005 International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine Travel Award
2005 Merck/Merial National Veterinary Scholar Symposium Honorable Mention
2005 National Institutes of Health Internet Grantwriting Modules Fellow
2020 Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award - recognized for excellence in teaching population health and epidemiology in professional and graduate programs; for graduate advising/mentorship, for innovation in undergraduate curricula in global One Health, and for training faculty peers in online teaching methodology
Research Focus
Dr. Smith's research program uses One Health approaches to investigate the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of zoonotic pathogens locally in California as well as internationally at multiple project sites in Africa and Asia. As a molecular epidemiologist working at the interfaces of humans, animals, and their shared environments, waterborne fecal pathogens as well as milk- and airborne transmitted zoonotic agents are of particular interest when considering individual and population health issues.
Specialty Focus
Microbiology, Epidemiology, Zoonoses
Ten Recent Publications

2025
Lane JK, Kelly T, Bird BH, Chenais E, Roug A, Vidal G, Gallardo R, Zhou R, van Hoy J, Smith WA^
A One Health approach to reducing livestock disease prevalence in developing countries: advances, challenges, prospects.

2025
Sumaye R, Perola-Brandão A, Chilanga F, Paul G, Mwangoka GW, Smith WA, Ekiri AB, Kilonzo C, Mwakasungula S, Makingi G, Kinyogori AA, Magesa WS, Samson AJ, Mkindi C, Pazia P, Hassan F, Mbaga TA, Mdegela RH, Masanja H, Cannon D, Gibbons A, Klena JD, Montgomery JM, Nichol ST, Jurisic L, Tremeau-Bravard A, Nonga H, Sebastian J, Zewdie S, Streb L, Fagre AC, Bergren NA, Hartman DA, Wolking DJ, Kading RC, Mazet JAK, Bird BH
Rift Valley Fever Virus Transmission During an Unreported Outbreak Among People and Livestock in South-Central Tanzania

2025
Valderrama-Martinez C, Packham A, Mendoza-Flores J, Smith WA, Chigerwe M, Zheng S, Plancarte M, Aleman M
Effect of long-term freezing storage on immunofluorescent antibody titers for the diagnosis of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis.

2025
Fieldhouse JK, Nakiire L, Kayiwa J, Mirzazadeh A, Brindix CD, Mitchell A, Sepulveda J, Makumbi I, Riolexus Ario A, Fair E, Gallalee S, Isbirye H, Sekamatte M, Bird BH, Smith WA, Desai A, Mazet JAK
Learning from One Health timeliness metrics: an analysis of multisectoral outbreaks in Uganda.

2025
Lane J, Wolking D, Kearney-Dreshaj M, Meehan C, Saylors K, Smith WA^
One Health university networks offer a globally connected platform for education, collaboration, and research.

2025
Sebastian P, Schlesener C, Byrne BA, Miller M, Smith WA, Batac F, Burek-Huntington K, Goertz CEC, Weimer BC, Johnson CK
Antimicrobial resistance of Vibrio spp. from coastal California: discordance between genotypic and phenotypic patterns.

2025
Loredo AI, Packham A, Graham N, Johnson S, Elliott S, Bird BH, Monohan C, Yarnell S, Smith WA^
Effect of beaver dam analogs (BDAs) on waterborne protozoal pathogens Giardia duodenalis and Cryptosporidium parvum.

2024
Valderrama-Martinez C, Packham AE, Zheng S, Smith WA, Plancarte M, Aleman M
Effect of refrigeration, room temperature, and processing time in serum immunofluorescent antibody titers for Sarcocystis neurona.

2024
Brummitt SI, Kjemtrup AM, Smith WA, Barker CM, Harvey DJ
Clinical and Epidemiological Information Required for Lyme Disease Surveillance in a Low-Incidence State, California 2011-2017.

2024
Pandit PS, Smith WA, Finno CJ, Aleman M, Conrad PA, Packham A, Plancarte M, Woolard K, Marsh A, Pusterla N
A fresh look at the SarcoFluor antibody test for the detection of specific antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona for the diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.