Portrait of Caitlin Cotter, DVM, MPH, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM
Phone: (409) 266-9599
Fax: (409) 772-5272
Physical Address:
UHC, Suite 4.332
1005 Harborside Drive
Galveston, TX
Mailing Address:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1150

Caitlin Cotter, DVM, MPH, PhD, Dipl. ACVPM

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology

About Me

Dr. Caitlin Cotter is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, focusing on vector-borne and zoonotic diseases. She has previous experience responding to international infectious disease outbreaks, envisioning and implementing infectious disease response and prevention activities, and developing, conducting, and analyzing epidemiological research investigations. She engages the principles of systems thinking, infectious disease epidemiology, mathematical modelling, biostatistics, and emerging infectious disease research in public health. Dr. Cotter loves dogs and running marathons!

Affiliations

  • Department of Epidemiology, UTMB School of Public and Population Health
  • Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UTMB School of Medicine
  • UTMB Institute for Human Infectious and Immunity (IHII)
  • UTMB Global Initiatives

Education

  • PhD, Epidemiology, UTHealth Science Center-Houston, 2024
  • MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2016
  • DVM, Veterinary Medicine and Global Health, UW-Madison, 2009
  • BS, Biology and Neurobiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

Research

Areas of Interest

  • Global Health Equity and Sustainability
  • Tropical Disease Epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Diseases
  • One Health Approaches to Animal, Human, and Environmental Health
  • Zoonotic Diseases

Publications

Phone: (409) 266-9599
Fax: (409) 772-5272
Physical Address:
UHC, Suite 4.332
1005 Harborside Drive
Galveston, TX
Mailing Address:
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77555-1150

General Requests: (409) 772-1128
Applicants: (409) 747-7584