Research Interests:
wildlife disease ecology, zoonotic disease transmission, genomic approaches to studying disease transmission patterns, epidemiology

Background: 

• BS-Wildlife Ecology & English-University of Wisconsin Madison 
• MS-Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences-South Dakota State University 

Current Projects:

1. Identifying gastropod species that serve as important intermediate hosts in transmission of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis from white-tailed deer to moose through metabarcoding of moose feces.
2. Detecting landscape features and forest management practices associated with increased brainworm transmission through landscape genomic and population genetic analyses of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis. 

Publications: 

1. Garwood, T., Lehman, C., Walsh, D., Cassirer, E.F., Besser, T., Jenks, J. Removal of chronic Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae carrier ewes eliminates pneumonia in a bighorn sheep population. Ecology and Evolution, Accepted.
2. Garwood, T., Ziobro, R., Keene, K., Waller, G., and Pauli, J. Diet, habitat use, and size of an urban population of Coyotes obtained non-invasively. Urban Naturalist 5: 1-8.