Dr. Rick Gerhold

Dr. Gerhold received his DVM (2001) from Purdue University and a MS (2007) and PhD (2010), focusing on avian protozoal parasites, from the University of Georgia. He did a post-doctoral fellowship on the epidemiology of Lyme disease at the University of Tennessee. He is now an assistant professor of parasitology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at The University of Tennessee. His areas of interest include avian parasites, parasite epidemiology, and wildlife diseases.