Tony Goldberg

Position title: Faculty, Pathobiological Sciences

Email: tgoldberg@vetmed.wisc.edu

Research Summary

I am a Professor of Epidemiology and John D. MacArthur Research Chair at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, in the School of Veterinary Medicine. I received my B.A. from Amherst College in 1990 in Biology and English, my Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1996 in Biological Anthropology, and my Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and MS in Epidemiology in 2000 from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My research combines epidemiological study designs with laboratory-based methods in metagenomics to “hunt” for the causes of disease of unknown etiology. I also use methods from the social sciences to link the resulting findings to root drivers of pathogen emergence, many of which hinge on human activities. I focus on diseases that threaten wildlife and imperil ecosystem services, whether or not those diseases are zoonotic. My overarching goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of animals and people while helping to conserve the rapidly changing ecosystems we share.

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