Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases

Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases CEEZAD protects the nation's agricultural and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats.

The Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD) at Kansas State University was established in 2010 to help protect the nation’s agricultural and public health sectors against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. CEEZAD has four principal missions:

1.Development of novel, safe, efficacious and DIVA-compatible vaccines for prevention an

d control of high-impact emerging and zoonotic diseases that can be manufactured in the U.S.
2.Development and expansion of technologies and platforms for laboratory and point-of-need pathogen detection.
3.Development of models to predict high-consequence disease behavior in the U.S. to aid prevention or outbreak control.
4.Development of education and training programs for students, veterinarians, first responders and researchers in high-impact animal diseases and animal emergencies.

This Week in Virology (TWiV) host Vincent Racaniello, visits the University of Kansas and speaks with Tony Fehr, Robin O...
04/06/2026

This Week in Virology (TWiV) host Vincent Racaniello, visits the University of Kansas and speaks with Tony Fehr, Robin Orozco, Juergen Richt and Rob Unckless about their careers and the research ongoing in their laboratories.

Vincent visits the University of Kansas and speaks with Tony Fehr, Robin Orozco, Juergen Richt and Rob Unckless about their careers and the research ongoing ...

CEEZAD Director Among 63 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of MicrobiologyDr. Juergen A. Richt, the Director of th...
02/21/2026

CEEZAD Director Among 63 Fellows Elected to the American Academy of Microbiology
Dr. Juergen A. Richt, the Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (www.ceezad.org) and the Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID; https://www.k-state.edu/cezid/) is one of 63 new members elected to the American Academy of Microbiology.

Follow the link below for further details.

https://ceezad.org/news_events/news/CEEZAD%20Elected%20to%20American%20Academy%20of%20Microbiology.html

Dr. Juergen A. Richt, the Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (www.ceezad.org) and the Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID; https://www.k-state.edu/cezid/) is one of 63 new members elected to the American Academy of Microbiology.

How Juergen Richt conducts a team tackling the world’s emerging animal diseases
02/18/2026

How Juergen Richt conducts a team tackling the world’s emerging animal diseases

In high-containment labs at K-State, Juergen Richt is building a global network of well-trained scientists trained prepared to stop the next big animal disease outbreak.

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