Dr. Meera Gatlin is a clinical assistant professor of public health in the Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. She earned her BA in Political Science from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and her DVM and MPH degrees from Tufts University (Grafton, MA). She has primarily worked as a small animal veterinarian in metrowest Massachusetts, with a focus on general practice and small animal theriogenology. She is currently a Jonathan M. Tisch Faculty Fellow for 2021-2022, and her project focuses on designing a One Health curriculum with public health civic engagement in a high school veterinary technical program. She is also a vice president for the New England Veterinary Medical Association, representing Massachusetts.

Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Gatlin has worked on STD/STI surveillance at Evanston Health Department (Evanston, IL), food-borne disease outbreaks at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and has conducted an independent research project on Q Fever prevalence in bulk tank milk and raw milk consumption habits in southern New England (through Tufts University). She was recipient of the NIH Summer Research Training Grant and the Morton A. Madoff Public Health Fellows. Research wise, her focuses surround participatory epidemiology, translational medicine in reproduction, canine theriogenology, and the intersection between technology and community medicine. In her spare time, she likes to practice yoga, create artwork with her daughter, and collect fountain pens.

Contact: meera.gatlin@tufts.edu