About the lab
Our research focuses on developing mathematical modelling methods and tools with direct application to emerging and transboundary animal diseases. Ultimately, we are interested in providing an understanding of infectious disease transmission processes among livestock populations. Our team develops and applies epidemiological tools to investigate the occurrence and spread of animal infectious diseases providing science-based support for decision making with regard to prevention and control.
Gustavo Machado leads the lab, an Associate Professor at the North Carolina State University, College of Veterinary Medicine at the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology with an affiliation with the Center for Geospatial Analytics.
Recent papers
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Cardenas, N.C., Oliveira, J.M., Lins, A.M.C., Garcia, F.E.R., Angelo, M.V., Anjos, R.C., Weber, F.L., Maia, F.B.F., Souza, V.F., Machado, G.* (2026). A Modeling Assessment of the Impact of Control Measures on Simulated Foot-and-Mouth Disease Spread in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil arXiv.
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Galvis, A. Jason, J.A., Parker, T.B., Corzo, C.A., Ferreira, J.B., Meiklejohnand, K.A., Machado, G.* (2026). Descriptive and risk analysis of vehicle movements linked to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and porcine epidemic diarrhea transmission in US commercial swine farms arXiv.
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Yi, C., Galvis, J.A., and Machado, G.* (2025). Modeling the impact of control zone restrictions on pig placement in simulated African swine fever in the United States arXiv.
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Machado, G., et al. (2025). The Rapid Access Biosecurity (RAB) App™ Handbook OSF Preprints.
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Current and past funding
