{"id":50,"date":"2022-07-20T18:38:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/epidemiology\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2025-10-03T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T19:31:49","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.tamu.edu\/epidemiology\/about\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-faculty\">Program Faculty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty members in the Veterinary Public Health &amp; Epidemiology Program (VPHE) actively study the frequency, distribution, and control of diseases in animal and human populations. 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