Dr Chad Mire serves as the NBAF Research Leader for the Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Dr. Mire also serves as the lead on the USDA VSV-Grand Challenge: “Vesicular Stomatitis as a Model for Predictive Disease Ecology.”

Prior to joining the USDA, Dr. Mire has worked at the University of Texas Medical Branch Department of Microbiology and Immunology (UTMB) for nearly a decade. Here, Dr. Mire took on several positions including Associate Professor and High Containment Program Coordinator for Animal Research.

As an Associate Professor, Dr. Mire developed research ideas in diagnostics, animal model development, vaccine, and therapeutic development in relation to emerging and zoonotic pathogens such as Ebola virus, Marburg virus, and Nipah virus.

Dr. Mire received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Rowan University, followed by receiving his Doctorate in Molecular Sciences with a focus on Virology from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

In addition to his educational and employment history, Dr. Mire has been internationally recognized for performing leading research on emerging pathogens to develop preventative measures against emerging and zoonotic pathogens.