Dr. John Dunn, a native of Nashville, Tennessee, attended Louisiana State University where he obtained a BS in Zoology in 1991. After completing his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, he spent three years in mixed animal veterinary practice in Zachary, Louisiana. Dr. Dunn completed a PhD in veterinary medical sciences (Epidemiology and Community Health) at Louisiana State University in 2003. Dr. Dunn conducted collaborative research with USDA-ARS focused on the pre-harvest epidemiology of Shiga-toxigenic E. coli in ruminants. Dr. Dunn joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July 2003 where he worked in the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch FoodNet / NARMS group as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer. Dr. Dunn’s interests include infectious disease epidemiology, zoonoses, and pre-harvest food safety. He is currently a Medical Epidemiologist and the State Public Health Veterinarian in the Tennessee Department of Health Communicable and Environmental Disease Services section.