Tracey McNamara, DVM, DACVP
Professor of Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine
DVM, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca NY - 1982
Residency, Comparative Pathology, Animal Medical Center, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY 1988
- 2021 lecture at the World Humanitarian Summit
- Ted Talk in 2018
- Ghana lecture
Tracey S. McNamara, D.V.M., Diplomate, A.C.V.P., is a veterinary pathologist and a Professor of Pathology at Western University of Health Sciences College of Veterinary Medicine in Pomona, CA. Dr. McNamara specializes in the recognition and understanding of the diseases of captive and free-ranging wildlife and is best known for her work on the discovery of the West Nile virus in 1999. In 2004 she worked on DTRA鈥檚 鈥淚ntegrated Biosurveillance for Zoonotic Threats鈥� program in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Georgia. She served as lead on a project with Russian colleagues on the 鈥淗uman-Animal Interface: Improving Biological Threat Detection and Surveillance in Russia鈥� by the Nuclear Threat Initiative鈥檚 Global Health and Biosecurity program in Wash. DC. Dr McNamara served as a consultant to the National Biosurveillance Advisory Subcommittee (NBAS) from 2008-2009 and continues to be actively involved in the development of the Nation鈥檚 biosurveillance strategy.. She recently gave a TEDxUCLA talk entitled 鈥淐anaries in the Coalmine鈥� about continued gaps in biosurveillance for for emerging biological threats. Dr. McNamara is a founding member of the Global Health Security Alliance (GloHSA) working with German/US military, the United Nations, medical intelligence and security sectors. She chaired a panel on 鈥淒isease X鈥� at the World Health Summit, Berlin, 2018. She helped organize a meeting at the Salzburg Global Seminar on One Health Metrics in November 2019 and is a Salzburg Fellow. She is actively involved in the One Health movement and advocates for a species neutral approach to the detection of pandemic threats. Most recently, she was asked to be a member of the 鈥淩ed Dawn Breaking Team鈥� on COVID-19, a group of experts advising the Asst Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) of the United States.