Research Profile
Licenses
Veterinary Syndicate, Egypt
Education
2009, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
2003, MPVM, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
2004, Residency, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
2001, Internship, University of Idaho, Caine Veterinary Teaching Center
1998, BVSc, University of Cairo, Egypt
1993, GCE, University of London,
1993, IGCSE, University of Cambridge,
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Effects of novel group housing systems in preweaned calves on health, growth, behavior, and welfare on a California dairy, (Principal Investigator), Center for Food Animal Health
Co-Principal Investigator, Elevating awareness of food animal veterinary practice careers among high schoolers, Gabriele Maier (Principal Investigator), USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Co-Principal Investigator, eMB: Enhancing Mathematical Models to Investigate the Influences of Climate Change on Zoonotic Spillover, Majid Bani-Yaghoub (Principal Investigator), NSF
Co-Principal Investigator, Midwest Virtual Laboratory of Pathogen Transmission in Healthcare Settings (MVL-PATHS), Majid Bani-Yaghoub (Principal Investigator), CDC
Co-Principal Investigator, Integration of a multi-pronged standardized methodology to identify key diseases and prioritized antimicrobial alternatives in production animals: Dairy cattle group, Terry Lehenbauer (Principal Investigator), Food and Drug Administration
Principal Investigator, Effect of Almond Shells Biochar-Rich in Zinc on Diarrhea and Weight Gain in Dairy Calves, (Principal Investigator), Resnick Agricultural Innovation Research Fund
Co-Investigator, Clinical Development of DDVAX, Brian Bird (Principal Investigator), Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)
Honors and Awards
2003 Jastro Shields Graduate Research Scholarship Award, MPVM, UC Davis
2003-2004 House officers Grant, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, UC Davis
2005 Block Grant Award, Graduate Group in Epidemiology, UC Davis
2005 Travel Award, International Association of Paratuberculosis
2005 George Stabenfeldt Travel Award, MPVM research presented at International Colloquium of Paratuberculosis, Denmark, August
2006 Block Grant Award, Graduate Group in Epidemiology, UC Davis
2006 Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
2008 Austin Eugene Lyon’s Fellow, Graduate Studies, University of California, Davis
2008 Graduate Student Support Program (GSSP), School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis
2013 Academic Senate Research Travel Grant
twenty twenty one Top 100 Journal Dairy Science author
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Aly SS, Depenbrock S: Preventing bacterial diseases in dairy
cattle, eBouchard , (ed), Improving dairy herd health, . .
cattle, eBouchard , (ed), Improving dairy herd health, . .
Research Focus
Dairy cattle health
- Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance
- Prevention and control of calf diarrhea and pneumonia
- Epidemiology of mastitis, salmonellosis and Johnes Disease
- Shiga-toxin producing E. coli shedding in dairy cattle
- Humane euthanasia of cattle
- Impact of group housing on calf welfare
- Epidemiology and impact of bunching, cattle's protective aggregative behavior against stable flies
Specialty Focus
Biostatistics
- Mixed models
- Survey sampling
- Reliability and repeatability gauge studies
- Intraclass correlation coefficient
- Machine learning
- Observational studies of infectious diseases and health conditions of food animals.
- Experimental studies
- Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance in food animals
- Diagnostic test evaluation