Chika C Okafor, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology)
Dr. Chika Okafor is a Pre-harvest Food Safety Epidemiologist. As the director of the Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Program, he oversees the veterinary concentration of the UTK’s Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program. His long-term research goal is to improve stewardship of antimicrobial use in food animals and veterinary medicine. He has utilized his expertise in both qualitative and quantitative epidemiological methods as well as statistical analysis of large datasets to understand/prevent animal diseases (e.g., bovine anaplasmosis) and pre-harvest food safety issues (colibacillosis, salmonellosis) associated with the use of antibiotics. He has published extensively in his field and has an excellent record of obtaining extramural funding. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and has a specialty board certification in Epidemiology from the same college. Before joining UT, Dr. Okafor did a post-doctoral fellowship in Nutritional Epidemiology at the University of Guelph, Canada. He received his PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Food Safety, both from Michigan State University, and his DVM degree was from the University of Nigeria.
Identifying patterns of antimicrobial use/resistance in animals and preventing pre-harvest food safety issues associated with antimicrobial use.
DVM and CEM courses in One Health, Public Health, Food Safety, Zoonoses, Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
American College of Veterinary Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Okafor enjoys mentoring students to a successful career in promoting One Health.
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
- Doctorate, Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, , Michigan State University, 2011
Chika C Okafor, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology)
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
- Doctorate, Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, , Michigan State University, 2011
Dr. Chika Okafor is a Pre-harvest Food Safety Epidemiologist. As the director of the Veterinary Public Health (VPH) Program, he oversees the veterinary concentration of the UTK’s Master of Public Health (MPH) degree program. His long-term research goal is to improve stewardship of antimicrobial use in food animals and veterinary medicine. He has utilized his expertise in both qualitative and quantitative epidemiological methods as well as statistical analysis of large datasets to understand/prevent animal diseases (e.g., bovine anaplasmosis) and pre-harvest food safety issues (colibacillosis, salmonellosis) associated with the use of antibiotics. He has published extensively in his field and has an excellent record of obtaining extramural funding. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and has a specialty board certification in Epidemiology from the same college. Before joining UT, Dr. Okafor did a post-doctoral fellowship in Nutritional Epidemiology at the University of Guelph, Canada. He received his PhD in Epidemiology and MS in Food Safety, both from Michigan State University, and his DVM degree was from the University of Nigeria.
Identifying patterns of antimicrobial use/resistance in animals and preventing pre-harvest food safety issues associated with antimicrobial use.
DVM and CEM courses in One Health, Public Health, Food Safety, Zoonoses, Biostatistics and Epidemiology.
American College of Veterinary Preventive Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Okafor enjoys mentoring students to a successful career in promoting One Health.