about me

Hello! 

My name is Anna Fagre and I'm a scientist, veterinarian, and artist/musician. 

After spending several years in Colorado for graduate and postdoctoral training, my spouse and I recently moved to Iowa for my new position as an Assistant Professor of Virology in the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine. 

When I'm not working in the lab, I make collage art and compose music (primarily using synthesizers and sampled environmental noise). My spouse and I tend to a small zoo, comprised of vertebrates and invertebrates alike. 🐶🦎🐱🪲🐛

🔬 an overview of my background

 I am a veterinarian with specialty training in the following areas: 

• diagnostic microbiology/virology (Residency in Diagnostic Microbiology)

• viral pathogenesis and transmission studies (PhD in Microbiology/Virology)

• biosurveillance & infectious disease epidemiology (CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service)

• veterinary public health (MPH/DVM Combined Program)

abbreviated CV

[work experience]

• Assistant Professor, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine (2025 – present)

• Research Scientist, Center for Vector-Borne and Infectious Diseases, Colorado State University (2023 – 2025)

• Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021 – 2023)

• Resident, Infectious Disease Microbiology, Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (Jul 2015 – Jun 2017)

[education]

• Doctorate in Philosophy in Microbiology, Immunology, & Pathology, 2015 – 2021, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, 2015, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

• Master of Public Health, 2012, Colorado School of Public Health, Fort Collins, CO

• Bachelor of Arts (Biology, minors in Spanish & Intercultural Studies), 2010, Wartburg College, Waverly, IA

[fellowships & research awards]

• NIH K01 — Mentored Research Scientist Development Award: Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA) in Pathology and Comparative Medicine, Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), National Institutes of Health (NIH) (2024–2029)

• Scherer/Hardy Award, American Committee on Arthropod-Borne and Zoonotic Viruses (ACAV), American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2021) 

• Robert E. Shope International Fellowship, American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (2019 – 2020)

[graduate funding]

• 1. NIH T32 Fellowship, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University 5T32OD010437-18 (2019 – 2021)

  2. NIH TL1 (T32) Fellowship, Team Oriented Training across the Translational Sciences Spectrum (TOTTS), Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CCTSI), NIH/NCATS Colorado CTSA Grant Number TL1 TR002533 (2018 – 2019)