Experience
Dr. Francisco J. Zagmutt is a senior risk analysis consultant and trainer at Vose Consulting. As part of his consulting and research work, Francisco has performed and supervised numerous animal health and food safety quantitative risk assessment projects composed of multidisciplinary and multinational teams. Through this work, Francisco’s has supported decision makers in the development of federal and private policies in the United States and abroad, and his expertise has been used to draft international guidelines for risk assessment and epidemiology. Francisco also has experience providing expert witness support on international litigations when the results of a quantitative risk analysis used for policy support have been challenged in a court of law.
Francisco has developed a well-known reputation in the epidemiology and food safety world for his teaching abilities and for his clarity when communicating complex risk assessment principles to a broad audience. As such, Francisco has ample experience teaching courses, workshops and seminars on risk analysis, epidemiology and simulation modeling for public and private institutions worldwide. He is the main instructor of Vose Consulting's internationally renowned Animal Agriculture and Food Safety Risk Analysis course, and the Quantitative Risk Analysis and Disease Modeling in Epidemiology course which Francisco developed based on his working experience modeling the risk of introduction and spread of diseases in populations. Francisco has also been an epidemiology and risk analysis instructor for the prestigious foreign animal disease courses in Plum Island, NY, organized by the USDA.
Francisco has presented his work at international conferences, published articles in a number of international scientific journals, and is the author of two book chapters. He is a reviewer for scientific journals such as the Risk Analysis Journal, conference proceedings, and has also acted as an independent reviewer in competitive grant and scientific panels.
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