ANDREW BOWMAN Speaker

Dr. Andrew Bowman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University. Dr. Bowman’s expertise is in swine production medicine, veterinary public health, and epidemiology. In addition to teaching and advising students, his research team focuses on type A influenza viruses in key animal populations and he leads large applied field research projects investigating the epidemiology of influenza in animal populations; zoonotic influenza transmission across the animal-human interface; and methods to reduce the risk of influenza transmission. Some of the team’s most recent work looked at the swine-to-human influenza transmission at agricultural fairs. Before his return to academia, Dr. Bowman was a practicing veterinarian focused on food animal production and he now serves as a liaison between the University and the industry stakeholders.