CEEZAD | Kansas State University

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 a high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. CEEZAD has four principal missions:

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

CEEZAD News/Events Highlights

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Dr. Juergen A. Richt, Regents and University Distinguished Professor at Kansas State University and Director of the Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD, www.ceezad.org) and the Center on Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (CEZID; https://www.k-state.edu/cezid/), was interviewed recently by K-State President Richard Linton about the important work being done in his lab.

You can see and hear the full interview by watching the video below.

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