Aniruddha Belsare, BVSc & AH, PhD

Education

BVSc & AH, Bombay Veterinary College, 1996
PhD, University of Missouri, 2013, Fisheries and Wildlife

Biography

Expertise in agent-based modeling, Disease modeling, Epidemiology, Human-wildlife conflict, One Health, Wildlife immobilization and restraint.

Research Interests

Belsare is interested in disease systems that have conservation or public health implications, specifically emerging and novel pathogens e.g., chronic wasting disease (CWD) in cervids, amphibian chytridiomycosis; zoonoses e.g., West Nile virus, baylisascariasis (raccoon roundworms), leptospirosis, rabies; and pathogen spillover at the human-domestic-wildlife interface e.g.,  Kyasanur Forest Disease, SARS-CoV-2, bighorn sheep pneumonia, canine distemper. His approach combines ecologic, epidemiologic, and model-based investigations to understand how pathogens spread through, persist in, and impact host populations.

Academic Areas

Disease Ecology