Ph.D. Student Profile

Vanessa  Slack, MPH, BS

Vanessa Slack, MPH, BS

  • Doctoral Student

Education

MPH, University of Colorado School of Public Health
BS Zoology, Northern Michigan University

Research Interests & Projects

Infectious fungal pathogens, zoonotic diseases, and vectorborne illnesses (specifically, the emergence of these diseases in naive populations after changes in the climate or anthropogenic changes to an environment)

Selected Publications

Served as the lead consultant on the Editorial Board of One Health for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences. (2023). CAB International. DOI:10.1079/9781800622975.0000. 

Slack, V., Bharti, O.K. (2023). The ‘Pooling Strategy’ in Himachal Pradesh, India: An innovation for rabies post-exposure prophylaxis during crisis of shortage of life-saving biologicals. One Health for Dog-Mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia: A Collection of Local Experiences (pp. 74-84). CAB International.

Akhtar, T., Amanat, M.U., Wazir, N., Naeem, M.I., Ammar, M., Naeem, M.A., Idrees, A., Ahmad, W., Tyagi, R., and Slack, V. (2023). Pathology of parasitic infections. Parasitism and Parasitic Control in Animals: Strategies for the Developing World (pp. 21-39). CAB International. DOI: 10.1079/9781800621893.0000.