David waltner toews biography of barack

David Waltner-ToewsOC (born 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba)^[1] is a Canadian epidemiologist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, veterinarian, and a specialist in the epidemiology of food and waterborne diseases, zoonoses and ecosystem health.

He is best known for his work on animal and human infectious diseases in relation to complexity. He lives in Kitchener, Ontario.^[2]

Early life

Waltner-Toews was born in 1948 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.^[3] He attended the United College (University of Winnipeg) and finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at Goshen College in 1971.

He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1978 and a PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Guelph in 1985.^[4]

Career

A University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph,^[5] he is the founding president of Veterina