Veterinary Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Anne Straily is a veterinary medical officer with the Parasitic Diseases Branch (PDB) at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Straily began her CDC career in 2015 as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer assigned to the Rickettsial Zoonosis Branch, where her research and projects focused on the epidemiology, control, and prevention of spotted fever group rickettsial diseases, including Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and Q fever in the United States and Mexico. In 2017, she joined PDB where she is the lead epidemiologist for foodborne parasitic diseases surveillance, outbreak investigation, and response activities for PDB. In addition, she also assists with surveillance, field studies, and technical support for epidemiologic investigations of soil transmitted helminths, schistosomiasis, toxoplasmosis and other parasitic diseases and provides consultation for healthcare providers and public health personnel regarding parasitic diseases.
Dr. Straily holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University, a Masters of Public Health from the University of Kansas, and is board certified through the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine with a sub-specialty in epidemiology.