Dr Casey Barton Behravesh

Dr Casey Barton Behravesh holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and a Master of Science from Texas A&M University and a Doctor of Public Health degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health. She is a Diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. She is the Director of the One Health Office at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

She is recognized for accomplishments in applying a One Health approach to address emerging infectious diseases, zoonoses, and related One Health issues; collaborating on One Health capacity building and One Health tool development; supporting countries and regions in prioritizing zoonoses for One Health collaboration; and for her expertise in building One Health coordination mechanisms.

During her career, she has led hundreds of foodborne and zoonotic outbreak investigations, managed infectious disease surveillance systems, conducted epidemiologic research in collaboration with partners in the U.S. and globally, and most recently led CDC’s One Health response to COVID-19. Her work has directly led to policy changes like the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act. Since 2015, she has collaborated with FAO, WHO and WOAH in several roles including as head of the WOAH Collaborating Center for Emerging and Re-Emerging Zoonotic Diseases, member of the WOAH Ad Hoc Group on Emerging Diseases and Drivers of Disease Emergence in Animals (2023-present), and as an expert/consultant for initiatives including the Tripartite Zoonoses Guide and several COVID-19 working groups. She served on the One Health Action Collaborative for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Microbial Threats (2018-2022) and was a member of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) Term 1 (2021-2023). She is also the chair of the United States One Health Coordination Unit (2024-2026).

She has authored >100 publications, chapters, and reports, regularly contributes as a peer reviewer for multiple scientific journals and to public media forums and was an invited editor of the 2019 OIE Scientific and Technical Review, “Successes and remaining challenges within the One Health approach.” She has received >50 awards for her scientific contributions and mentorship. She enjoys mentoring students and teaching them to apply One Health to their careers.