Item talk:Q44627

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