Yvette Johnson
Food Bioterrorism: When the Outbreak is Intentional
Yvette J. Johnson, DVM, MS, PhD earned BS degrees in Animal and Veterinary Science in 1987, a DVM in 1989 and an MS in Large Animal Clinical Science in 1993 all from the University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign, Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. She earned a PhD in Epidemiology in 1998 from Michigan State University. From 1998-2004, Dr. Johnson worked as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Maryland campus of the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. She also held adjunct appointments at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the University of Maryland, College of Medicine in Baltimore and served as a consultant to Abbott Laboratories Inc. In 2004, Dr. Johnson returned to the University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign, College of Veterinary Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology. She serves as the poultry species veterinarian for the University of Illinois Agricultural Animal Care and Use Program and is a member of the UIUC Campus Infectious Disease Working Group. Her primary research interests include food safety, water quality, and zoonotic disease transmission. She teaches Public Health, Food Safety, Study Design and Introduction to Epidemiology to students in the professional veterinary curriculum.
