Radford G. Davis, DVM, MPH, DACVPM

Assistant Professor
2132 College of Veterinary Medicine
515.294.8972

Dr. Radford Davis received his DVM in 1991 from Colorado State University and his MPH from the University of Arizona where he studied the epidemiology of plague in rodents. Prior to coming to Iowa he was an occupational health and safety consultant at the University of Arizona. He has been at ISU since 1998 as an Assistant Professor of Public Health in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Davis teaches Public Health to the veterinary students. In 1999, Dr. Davis was an advisor to the World Health Organization on brucellosis prevention and control in animals and humans in Mongolia. He was Assistant Director for CFSPH from 2002-2005.


Carrie Hammer, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor
North Dakota State University

Dr. Hammer received a BS degree in Animal Science in 1996 and an M.S. degree in Nutritional Physiology in 1998 from Iowa State University. She then enrolled in the ISU College of Veterinary Medicine and pursued a dual degree, graduating with her DVM in 2002 and a PhD in Animal Physiology in 2003. After graduation, Dr. Hammer worked for APC, Inc. as a technical service veterinarian where she provided technical advice and supervised research projects relating to companion animal, equine, and bovine health. She worked as a veterinary specialist for the CFSPH for 15 months prior to accepting her current position with North Dakota State.


Katie Steneroden, DVM, MPH

Colorado State University

Dr. Steneroden attended the University of Minnesota earning a BA in political science and a DVM from the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1998. After graduation she spent a year working as a mixed animal veterinarian in rural Oregon. She then practiced as a shelter veterinarian, small animal practitioner and on a mobile spay neuter clinic in under served areas of Washington. Dr. Steneroden has been a veterinary volunteer with Remote Area Veterinary Services and participated in surveillance of foot and mouth disease as an Emergency Veterinary Medical Officer with the USDA in the United Kingdom in 2001. For her MPH practicum Dr. Steneroden raised funds for anthrax vaccine and conducted a survey of livestock owners on their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs concerning anthrax in a highly endemic area of Haiti. She graduated in December 2004 and is currently working as a biosecurity officer at Colorado State University as she works towards her PhD.

The mission of the CFSPH is to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of disease agents that threaten food production or public health.