49th Annual PARSA Conference

Patricia Conrad DVM, PhD is the Associate Dean for Global Programs at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis and Co-Director of the system-wide (10 campus) UC Global Health Institute. Dr. Conrad is a veterinarian and Distinguished Professor of Parasitology whose research is focused on the transmission of protozoal parasites between wildlife, humans and domestic animals. She received her veterinary professional degree from Colorado State University and PhD from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. After doing post-doctoral research on the molecular epidemiology of East Coast fever at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (now ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, she joined the faculty of the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Conrad has published over 235 scientific papers (61 h-index) and book chapters in the fields of emerging infectious diseases, parasitology, ecology of waterborne pathogens and One Health. Dr. Conrad was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2011, awarded a Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology in 2012 and selected as an American Association of the Advancement of Science Fellow in 2018. In 2017 she received the American Veterinary Medical Association Lifetime Excellence in Research Award for her research and contributions to the veterinary profession; taking a One Health approach that addresses the interconnectedness of animals, plants, people and the environment. In 2018 she was awarded the UC Davis Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement and in 2019 received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Babesiosis Research.