Tiffany Wolf

Background & Expertise

Tiffany Wolf is an associate professor of ecosystem health at the College of Veterinary Medicine and co-director of the Minnesota Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MNPRO) at the University of Minnesota. Prior to becoming faculty, she was an associate veterinarian of the Minnesota Zoo for 10 years. Dr. Wolf is a wildlife epidemiologist and veterinarian who works closely with natural resource managers and community partners to understand wildlife disease patterns with the goal of developing science-based strategies that mitigate their impacts on both wildlife health and the people that depend on them. In much of her research, Dr. Wolf partners with Tribal Nations and other Indigenous communities in addressing their research priorities on issues such as zoonotic disease emergence, dog health and chronic wasting disease (CWD). Dr. Wolf is the recipient of the UMN Community Engaged Scholar Award (2021), Academy of Excellence in Team Science Award (2022), and McKnight Land Grant Professorship (2023). Dr. Wolf received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Louisiana State University in 2002 and her PhD from University of Minnesota in 2015.