Current Team

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Principal Investigator


Sarah A. Hamer, MS, PhD, DVM, DACVPM (epi)

shamer@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.847.5693

  • Diplomate of the American College Veterinary Preventive Medicine [DACVPM (epi)], 2016
  • DVM, Michigan State Univ., 2011
  • PhD, Michigan State Univ., 2010, Fisheries & Wildlife; Ecology, Evol. Biology & Behavior
  • MS, Univ. of Illinois, 2003, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences
  • BS, Univ. of Illinois, 2001, Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

I am a veterinary ecologist specializing in wildlife and zoonotic disease ecology and epidemiology. My research originates at the intersection of ecology, epidemiology, and conservation, and encompasses diverse taxa (bacteria, ticks, mosquitoes, birds, mice, dogs, humans, and more). Given the emergence of pathogens shared by humans and animals, this is an important time to utilize multidisciplinary tools to improve human, animal, and ecosystem health.

Dr. Hamer’s Directory Profile >>


Research Staff


Lisa Auckland

Lisa Auckland

Senior Research Associate
lauckland@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.458.4924


Keswick Killets, MS

Research Associate
kkillets@cvm.tamu.edu | 979.458.4924


Sujata Balasubramanian, MS, PhD

Associate Research Scientist
sbalasubramanian@cvm.tamu.edu


Rachel Curtis-Robles, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist (part-time)
rcurtis@cvm.tamu.edu


Rachel Busselman

Rachel Busselman, PhD DVM

Postdoctoral Associate
r_busselman@tamu.edu


Graduate Students (PhD + MS thesis)


Meredith Anderson, DVM

PhD Student (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
ande1616@tamu.edu
TAMU Merit Fellow 2020–2024


Mycha Van Allen, MS

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)

TAMU Merit Fellow 2023–2027
Associate Wildlife Biologist® 
mycha.vanallen@tamu.edu

Visit Mycha’s website here.


Ilana Mosley

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)
dixm57@tamu.edu
IMSD T32 and Avilés-Johnson Fellowship 2021-2025


Amanda Waugh, MS

PhD Student (Biomedical Sciences: Infection, Immunity, & Epidemiology)
awaugh@tamu.edu

TAMU Merit Fellow 2024-2028


Non-Thesis Graduate Students


Andres Alamia

MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2024–present


Veterinary Student & Resident Researchers


Emily Richards

DVM/MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2024–present


Olivia Miller

DVM/MS Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology

2024–present


Undergraduate Students


Isabel McAllister

Undergraduate researcher
Oceanography major

2022–present


Kinsey Moore

Undergraduate Worker

2023–present


Jasmine Wong

Undergraduate Worker

2024–present