Dr. Prado has a joint appointment in CVM Large Animal Clinical Sciences and Animal Science, and will be conducting research in Dr. Steve Oliver's laboratory working on issues related to mastitis and pre-harvest food safety research. Maria earned the DVM in University of Zulia in Venezuela, and the PhD at Oklahoma State U. She then practiced veterinary medicine in a private clinic near Stillwater Oklahoma before returning to OSU as a postdoctoral fellow working in molecular virology under an NIH grant. She remained in that position until coming to UT in January 05. She is board certified in Large Animal Internal Medicine and will be teaching the AS 380 Animal Health Management course as a part of her instructional responsibilities.