usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T15:20:02.839850' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/anne-ballmann profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: - Wildlife Disease Association - The Wildlife Society - American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians - American Veterinary Medical Association education: - PhD Comparative Biomedical Sciences-Population Medicine, North Carolina State University (2007) - DVM, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (1997) - BS/BA Biology, Northeast Missouri State University-Kirksville (1993) email: aballmann@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - Disease Ecology - Disease Surveillance - White-nose Syndrome honors: [] intro_statements: - Anne Ballmann is a Wildlife Disease Specialist at the National Wildlife Health Center. name: Anne Ballmann name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0002-0380-056X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/nwhc organization_name: National Wildlife Health Center personal_statement: "I joined the USGS National Wildlife Health Center as a wildlife\ \ disease specialist/field epidemiologist in 2008. I earned my DVM at the University\ \ of Tennessee-Knoxville and a PhD in Comparative Medicine-Population Health\ \ at North Carolina State University (Raleigh). I\u2019m actively involved in\ \ research and multi-agency coordination for bat white-nose syndrome (WNS) and\ \ currently serve as the lead for the WNS Diagnostic Working Group as well as\ \ on the WNS National Coordination Team." professional_experience: - Wildlife Disease Specialist, National Wildlife Health Center title: Veterinary Medical Officer