Education

D.V.M. – Universidad Central de Venezuela (2003)
Ph.D. – University of Minnesota (2008)
University of Illinois – Urbana/Champaign

Professional interests

My interest is to work on understanding factors affecting susceptibility/resistance to infectious diseases in pigs, to ultimately help improve swine welfare and production.

Honors

• Student Bursary, 20^th Congress of the International Pig Veterinary Society. Durban, South Africa, 2008.
• Travel Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 2008.
• Grant Writing Comptetition, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota Spring 2007.
• Young's Person Bursary, 19^th Congress of the International Pig Veterianary Society. Copenhagen, Denmark, 2006.
• Travel Award, College of Veterinary Mediine, University of Minnesota, 2006.
• Young's Person Bursary, 18^th Congress of the International Pig Veterinary Society. Hamburg, Germany, 2004
• Grant Writing Competition, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, Spring 2004.