DEGREE/INSTITUTION
DVM (’99), MS (’00) Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Iowa State University; BS Animal Science and Agricultural Economics, University of Minnesota
OCCUPATION
Chief Veterinarian, National Pork Producers Council
BIO
Immediately after graduation Dr. Liz Wagstrom worked as a veterinarian in a large swine production system. Following that she was employed as an Epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health working on zoonotic disease and foodborne outbreaks. Since 2001 she has been employed by pork industry organizations (the National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council) and currently serves as Chief Veterinarian. She has also served on the Secretary of Agriculture’s Advisory Committee on Animal Health and the Presidential Advisory Council on Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria.