Dr. Radford Davis is an Assistant Professor of Public Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, where he teaches fundamental epidemiology, public health and zoonotic diseases within the veterinary curriculum. Areas of interest include: Agroterrorism, bioterrorism, emerging diseases, petting zoos/animal exhibits and the risk to public health, HIV/AIDS, rabies, dog bite prevention and awareness, illegal animal trade, and Native American health. In 1999, Dr. Davis served as a temporary advisor to the World Health Organization on brucellosis in Mongolia. Since 2000, he has been extensively involved in the fields of agroterrorism and bioterrorism. He has lectured and conducted training nationwide at the federal, state, and local levels in the areas of bioterrorism and agroterrorism, and he has developed extensive educational materials for use by the FBI, FEMA, state response teams, local law enforcement, and others. He developed and taught a course on agroterrorism for the Center for Homeland Security and Defense at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA. He also serves as a subject matter expert on agroterrorism for the Center for Homeland Defense and Security for their Mobile Education Teams, which work with top state government officials to successfully address new homeland security challenges. From 2002-2005, he was Assistant Director for the Center for Food Security and Public Health at ISU, during which time he developed extensive training materials in the area of bioterrorism. Prior to joining ISU, Dr. Davis practiced small animal emergency medicine from 1991-1998 in Tucson, Arizona. He received his DVM from Colorado State University in 1991, and his Master of Public Health degree from University of Arizona in 1997. Dr. Davis is board certified in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and has several publications in the fields of bioterrorism, agroterrorism, terrorism, and zoonoses.
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