Dr. Julianne Meisner is an Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Global Health and the UW Department of Epidemiology, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences (DEOHS). A veterinarian with a PhD in Epidemiology, Dr. Meisner’s work focuses on the intersection of human, animal and environmental health.

Dr. Meisner’s current research focuses on the human and environmental health implications of livestock-keeping, and the application of methods drawn from causal inference and spatial epidemiology to tackle methodological challenges unique to One Health studies. She is also interested in political and social forces that influence multispecies collectives, particularly the influence of land rights and institutional distrust on human-animal contact networks.