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Renata Ivanek Miojevic

Renata Ivanek

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Dr. Renata Ivanek is a Professor of Epidemiology at Cornell University. She is a co-director of Cornell’s Combined DVM-PhD Degree Program and the Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA). The overarching goal of her research is to advance One Health. Her computer lab develops approaches for improving food safety, controlling infectious diseases, and optimizing food production systems and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Ivanek holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Zagreb in Croatia; an M.Sc. in Veterinary Epidemiology from the University of London in the United Kingdom; and a Ph.D. in Comparative Biomedical Sciences from Cornell University.

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https://ivaneklab.com/

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Virgin Islands, British

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Papers

Henry C, Bulut E, Murphy SI, Zoellner C, Adalja A, Wetherington D, Wiedmann M, Alcaine S, Ivanek R. (2025). An agent-based model of COVID- 19 in the food industry for assessing public health and economic impacts of infection control strategies. Scientific reports, 15(1)

Llanos-Soto S, Wiedmann M, Adalja A, Henry C, Moroni P, Frye E, Leal Yepes FA, Ivanek R. (2025). Integration of mathematical modeling and economics approaches to evaluate strategies for control of Salmonella Dublin in a heifer-raising operation. PloS one, 20(10)

Kalunga L, Bulut E, Chen Z, Li Y, Ivanek R. (2023). Increasing vaccine uptake among employees within the non-health related critical infrastructure sectors: A review. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 19(1)

Sebastian Llanos-Soto, Ece Bulut, Sarah I. Murphy, Christopher J. Henry, Claire Zoellner, Martin Wiedmann, Diane Wetherington, Aaron Adalja, Samuel D. Alcaine, Renata Ivanek. (2023). Survey of Implemented Mitigation Strategies and Further Needs of the US Food Industry to Control COVID-19 in the Work Environment in Early 2021. International Association for Food Protection, 43(1)

Casseri E, Bulut E, Llanos Soto S, Wemette M, Stout A, Greiner Safi A, Lynch R, Moroni P, Ivanek R. (2022). Understanding Antibiotic Resistance as a Perceived Threat towards Dairy Cattle through Beliefs and Practices: A Survey-Based Study of Dairy Farmers. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 11(8)

Barnett-Neefs C, Sullivan G, Zoellner C, Wiedmann M, Ivanek R. (2022). Using agent-based modeling to compare corrective actions for Listeria contamination in produce packinghouses. PloS one, 17(3)

Sullivan G, Zoellner C, Wiedmann M, Ivanek R. (2021). In Silico Models for Design and Optimization of Science-Based Listeria Environmental Monitoring Programs in Fresh-Cut Produce Facilities. Applied and environmental microbiology, 87(21)

Wemette M, Safi AG, Beauvais W, Ceres K, Shapiro M, Moroni P, Welcome FL, Ivanek R. (2020). New York State dairy farmers' perceptions of antibiotic use and resistance: A qualitative interview study. PloS one, 15(5)

Weller D, Brassill N, Rock C, Ivanek R, Mudrak E, Roof S, Ganda E, Wiedmann M. (2020). Complex Interactions Between Weather, and Microbial and Physicochemical Water Quality Impact the Likelihood of Detecting Foodborne Pathogens in Agricultural Water. Frontiers in microbiology, (11)

Stout A, Van Stelten-Carlson A, Marquis H, Ballou M, Reilly B, Loneragan GH, Nightingale K, Ivanek R. (2020). Public health impact of foodborne exposure to naturally occurring virulence-attenuated Listeria monocytogenes: inference from mouse and mathematical models. Interface focus, 10(1)

Zoellner C, Jennings R, Wiedmann M, Ivanek R. (2019). EnABLe: An agent-based model to understand Listeria dynamics in food processing facilities. Scientific reports, 9(1)

Zoellner C, Wiedmann M, Ivanek R. (2019). An Assessment of Listeriosis Risk Associated with a Contaminated Production Lot of Frozen Vegetables Consumed under Alternative Consumer Handling Scenarios. Journal of food protection, 82(12)

Munther DS, Carter MQ, Aldric CV, Ivanek R, Brandl MT. (2020). Formation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Persister Cells in the Lettuce Phyllosphere and Application of Differential Equation Models To Predict Their Prevalence on Lettuce Plants in the Field. Applied and environmental microbiology, 86(2)

Coleman MC, Blodgett GP, Bevevino KE, Ivanek R, Cummings KJ, Carter GK, Cohen ND. (2018). Foal-Level Risk Factors Associated With Development of Rhodococcus equi Pneumonia at a Quarter Horse Breeding Farm. Journal of equine veterinary science, (72)

Zoellner C, Ceres K, Ghezzi-Kopel K, Wiedmann M, Ivanek R. (2018). Design Elements of Listeria Environmental Monitoring Programs in Food Processing Facilities: A Scoping Review of Research and Guidance Materials. Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety, 17(5)

Beauvais W, Gart EV, Bean M, Blanco A, Wilsey J, McWhinney K, Bryan L, Krath M, Yang CY, Manriquez Alvarez D, Paudyal S, Bryan K, Stewart S, Cook PW, Lahodny G Jr., Baumgarten K, Gautam R, Nightingale K, Lawhon SD, Pinedo P, Ivanek R. (2018). The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 fecal shedding in feedlot pens is affected by the water-to-cattle ratio: A randomized controlled trial. PloS one, 13(2)

Lahodny GE Jr., Gautam R, Ivanek R. (2017). Understanding the effects of intermittent shedding on the transmission of infectious diseases: example of salmonellosis in pigs. Journal of biological dynamics, 11(1)

Weller DL, Kovac J, Roof S, Kent DJ, Tokman JI, Kowalcyk B, Oryang D, Ivanek R, Aceituno A, Sroka C, Wiedmann M. (2017). Survival of Escherichia coli on Lettuce under Field Conditions Encountered in the Northeastern United States. Journal of food protection, 80(7)

Truchado P, Hernandez N, Gil MI, Ivanek R, Allende A. (2017). Correlation between E. coli levels and the presence of foodborne pathogens in surface irrigation water: Establishment of a sampling program. Water research, (128)

Daut EF, Lahodny G Jr., Peterson MJ, Ivanek R. (2016). Interacting Effects of Newcastle Disease Transmission and Illegal Trade on a Wild Population of White-Winged Parakeets in Peru: A Modeling Approach. PloS one, 11(1)

Park S, Navratil S, Gregory A, Bauer A, Srinath I, Szonyi B, Nightingale K, Anciso J, Jun M, Han D, Lawhon S, Ivanek R. (2015). Multifactorial effects of ambient temperature, precipitation, farm management, and environmental factors determine the level of generic Escherichia coli contamination on preharvested spinach. Applied and environmental microbiology, 81(7)

Szonyi B, Srinath I, Esteve-Gassent M, Lupiani B, Ivanek R. (2015). Exploratory spatial analysis of Lyme disease in Texas -what can we learn from the reported cases?. BMC public health, (15)

Lidbury JA, Ivanek R, Suchodolski JS, Steiner JM. (2015). Putative precipitating factors for hepatic encephalopathy in dogs: 118 cases (1991-2014). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 247(2)

Stanton E, Park D, Döpfer D, Ivanek R, Kaspar CW. (2014). Phylogenetic characterization of Escherichia coli O157 : H7 based on IS629 distribution and Shiga toxin genotype. Microbiology (Reading, England), 160(Pt 3)

Gomez SA, Kulow M, Anklam KS, Park D, Kaspar CW, Ivanek R, Döpfer D. (2014). Gene markers of generic Escherichia coli associated with colonization and persistence of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle. Preventive veterinary medicine, 117(1)

Park S, Navratil S, Gregory A, Bauer A, Srinath I, Szonyi B, Nightingale K, Anciso J, Jun M, Han D, Lawhon S, Ivanek R. (2014). Farm management, environment, and weather factors jointly affect the probability of spinach contamination by generic Escherichia coli at the preharvest stage. Applied and environmental microbiology, 80(8)

Ivanek R, Lahodny G Jr.. (2015). From the bench to modeling--R0 at the interface between empirical and theoretical approaches in epidemiology of environmentally transmitted infectious diseases. Preventive veterinary medicine, 118(2-3)

Wang X, Gautam R, Pinedo PJ, Allen LJ, Ivanek R. (2014). A stochastic model for transmission, extinction and outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in cattle as affected by ambient temperature and cleaning practices. Journal of mathematical biology, 69(2)

Park S, Navratil S, Gregory A, Bauer A, Srinath I, Jun M, Szonyi B, Nightingale K, Anciso J, Ivanek R. (2013). Generic Escherichia coli contamination of spinach at the preharvest stage: effects of farm management and environmental factors. Applied and environmental microbiology, 79(14)

Park S, Szonyi B, Gautam R, Nightingale K, Anciso J, Ivanek R. (2012). Risk factors for microbial contamination in fruits and vegetables at the preharvest level: a systematic review. Journal of food protection, 75(11)

Park D, Stanton E, Ciezki K, Parrell D, Bozile M, Pike D, Forst SA, Jeong KC, Ivanek R, Döpfer D, Kaspar CW. (2013). Evolution of the Stx2-encoding prophage in persistent bovine Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains. Applied and environmental microbiology, 79(5)

Bani-Yaghoub M, Gautam R, Shuai Z, van den Driessche P, Ivanek R. (2012). Reproduction numbers for infections with free-living pathogens growing in the environment. Journal of biological dynamics, (6)

Lidbury JA, Suchodolski JS, Ivanek R, Steiner JM. (2012). Assessment of the variation associated with repeated measurement of gastrointestinal transit times and assessment of the effect of oral ranitidine on gastrointestinal transit times using a wireless motility capsule system in dogs. Veterinary medicine international, (2012)

Bhattarai R, Budke CM, Carabin H, Proaño JV, Flores-Rivera J, Corona T, Ivanek R, Snowden KF, Flisser A. (2012). Estimating the non-monetary burden of neurocysticercosis in Mexico. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 6(2)

Ivanek R, Österberg J, Gautam R, Sternberg Lewerin S. (2012). Salmonella fecal shedding and immune responses are dose- and serotype- dependent in pigs. PloS one, 7(4)

Kulow MJ, Gonzales TK, Pertzborn KM, Dahm J, Miller BA, Park D, Gautam R, Kaspar CW, Ivanek R, Döpfer D. (2012). Differences in colonization and shedding patterns after oral challenge of cattle with three Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains. Applied and environmental microbiology, 78(22)

Pradhan AK, Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Bukowski R, Wiedmann M. (2011). Comparison of public health impact of Listeria monocytogenes product-to-product and environment-to-product contamination of deli meats at retail. Journal of food protection, 74(11)

Bhattarai R, Budke CM, Carabin H, Proaño JV, Flores-Rivera J, Corona T, Cowan LD, Ivanek R, Snowden KF, Flisser A. (2011). Quality of life in patients with neurocysticercosis in Mexico. The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 84(5)

Szonyi B, Srinath I, Schwartz A, Clavijo A, Ivanek R. (2012). Spatio-temporal epidemiology of Tritrichomonas foetus infection in Texas bulls based on state-wide diagnostic laboratory data. Veterinary parasitology, 186(3-4)

Gautam R, Bani-Yaghoub M, Neill WH, Döpfer D, Kaspar C, Ivanek R. (2011). Modeling the effect of seasonal variation in ambient temperature on the transmission dynamics of a pathogen with a free-living stage: example of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a dairy herd. Preventive veterinary medicine, 102(1)

Garcia-Mazcorro JF, Lanerie DJ, Dowd SE, Paddock CG, Grützner N, Steiner JM, Ivanek R, Suchodolski JS. (2011). Effect of a multi-species synbiotic formulation on fecal bacterial microbiota of healthy cats and dogs as evaluated by pyrosequencing. FEMS microbiology ecology, 78(3)

Gonzales TK, Kulow M, Park DJ, Kaspar CW, Anklam KS, Pertzborn KM, Kerrish KD, Ivanek R, Döpfer D. (2011). A high-throughput open-array qPCR gene panel to identify, virulotype, and subtype O157 and non-O157 enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Molecular and cellular probes, 25(5-6)

Pradhan AK, Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Bukowski R, Geornaras I, Sofos JN, Wiedmann M. (2010). Quantitative risk assessment of listeriosis-associated deaths due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination of deli meats originating from manufacture and retail. Journal of food protection, 73(4)

Pradhan AK, Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Geornaras I, Sofos JN, Wiedmann M. (2009). Quantitative risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenes in selected categories of deli meats: impact of lactate and diacetate on listeriosis cases and deaths. Journal of food protection, 72(5)

Lanzas C, Ayscue P, Ivanek R, Gröhn YT. (2010). Model or meal? Farm animal populations as models for infectious diseases of humans. Nature reviews. Microbiology, 8(2)

Alexander KA, Warnick LD, Cripps CJ, McDonough PL, Gröhn YT, Wiedmann M, Reed KE, James KL, Soyer Y, Ivanek R. (2009). Fecal shedding of, antimicrobial resistance in, and serologic response to Salmonella Typhimurium in dairy calves. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 235(6)

Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Wells MT, Raengpradub S, Kazmierczak MJ, Wiedmann M. (2008). Extreme value theory in analysis of differential expression in microarrays where either only up- or down-regulated genes are relevant or expected. Genetics research, 90(4)

McGann P, Raengpradub S, Ivanek R, Wiedmann M, Boor KJ. (2008). Differential regulation of Listeria monocytogenes internalin and internalin-like genes by sigmaB and PrfA as revealed by subgenomic microarray analyses. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 5(4)

Lanzas C, Warnick LD, Ivanek R, Ayscue P, Nydam DV, Gröhn YT. (2008). The risk and control of Salmonella outbreaks in calf-raising operations: a mathematical modeling approach. Veterinary research, 39(6)

Gröhn Y, Hertl J, Ivanek R, Abou-Zeid K, Wiedmann M. How university researchers can contribute to farm-to-table risk assessments: Listeria monocytogenes as an example. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 4(4)

McGann P, Ivanek R, Wiedmann M, Boor KJ. (2007). Temperature-dependent expression of Listeria monocytogenes internalin and internalin-like genes suggests functional diversity of these proteins among the listeriae. Applied and environmental microbiology, 73(9)

Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Wiedmann M. Listeria monocytogenes in multiple habitats and host populations: review of available data for mathematical modeling. Foodborne pathogens and disease, 3(4)

Hu Y, Gall K, Ho A, Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Wiedmann M. (2006). Daily variability of Listeria contamination patterns in a cold-smoked salmon processing operation. Journal of food protection, 69(9)

Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Jui-Jung Ho A, Wiedmann M. (2007). Markov chain approach to analyze the dynamics of pathogen fecal shedding--example of Listeria monocytogenes shedding in a herd of dairy cattle. Journal of theoretical biology, 245(1)

Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Tauer LW, Wiedmann M. The cost and benefit of Listeria monocytogenes food safety measures. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 44(7-8)

Ivanek R, Snary EL, Cook AJ, Gröhn YT. (2004). A mathematical model for the transmission of Salmonella Typhimurium within a grower-finisher pig herd in Great Britain. Journal of food protection, 67(11)

Ivanek R, Gröhn YT, Wiedmann M, Wells MT. (2004). Mathematical model of Listeria monocytogenes cross-contamination in a fish processing plant. Journal of food protection, 67(12)

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