Jodi McGill received her M.S. in Pathology in 2007 and Ph.D. in Immunology in 2010, both from the University of Iowa. She did her postdoctoral fellowship at the National Animal Disease Center, USDA under the guidance of Dr. Randy Sacco and Dr. Ray Waters studying the immune response to respiratory infections in cattle. Jodi is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine at Iowa State University. The focus of Dr. McGill’s research is to understand the immune response to respiratory infections, and to develop intervention strategies to promote protective immunity in the respiratory tract. She currently studies the immune response to several viral and bacterial pathogens that cause bovine respiratory disease complex in cattle. Jodi was the 2020 recipient of the Zoetis Award for Veterinary Research Excellence at ISU. She was awarded the John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine in 2021. Dr. McGill’s research has been supported by private industry, not-for-profit research foundations and federal research dollars from the USDA and National Institutes of Health. Jodi serves on number of professional organizations. She is currently serving as President of the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists and is a member the American Association of Immunologists and Conference for Research Workers in Animal Diseases.
