Dr. Francisco Zagmutt
Dr. Francisco J. Zagmutt is a managing partner at EpiX Analytics. As part of his consulting and research work, Francisco has performed and supervised numerous risk analysis consulting projects in a wide variety of industries worldwide.
Through his work, Francisco has supported decision makers in the development of governmental and private policies in the United States and abroad. Francisco also has experience providing expert witness support on trade litigations and participating in international expert working groups.
Francisco has developed a well-known reputation in the risk analysis community for his teaching abilities and for his clarity when communicating complex risk assessment principles to a broad audience. As such, he has ample experience teaching courses, workshops and seminars on risk analysis, epidemiology and simulation modeling for public and private institutions worldwide. He is the main instructor of EpiX Analytics’ courses in epidemiology and food safety, including the internationally renowned Animal Agriculture and Food Safety Risk Analysis course, and the Quantitative Risk Analysis and Disease Modeling in Epidemiology course which Francisco developed based on his working experience modeling the risk of introduction and spread of diseases in populations. Francisco has also been an instructor for the prestigious Foreign Animal Disease courses organized by the USDA in Plum Island, NY, and for the Epi on the Island course series in PEI, Canada
Dr. Zagmutt has presented his work at international conferences, published articles in a number of international scientific journals, and is the author of two risk analysis book chapters. He is a reviewer for scientific journals such as the Risk Analysis Journal, conference proceedings, and has also acted as an independent reviewer in scientific panels.
Education
2005 to date - PhD: Colorado State University, Colorado, USA – Epidemiology.
2002 - MPVM: University of California at Davis, California, USA - Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine.
1999 - DVM: University of Chile, Chile - Veterinarian
Positions
2010 – Managing Partner, EpiX Analytics LLC
2006 – 2010 Senior Epidemiology and Risk Analysis consultant and trainer, EpiX Analytics LLC (formerly Vose Consulting)
2003- 2006 Post-doctoral fellow - analytical epidemiology and simulation modeling, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University.
2001- 2003 Post Graduate Researcher - Analytical epidemiology and simulation modeling, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis.
2000- 2001 Staff veterinarian, Veterinary Hospital Los Dominicos.
January-June 2000 Veterinary consultant - Analytical epidemiology and risk analysis, Robinson Crusoe ltda. (Salmon farm).
1999- 2001 Research Scientist- Analytical epidemiology and risk analysis, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Chile.
Representative publications
1. Zagmutt F.J. & Tarrants M.L. (2012) Indirect comparisons of Adverse Events and Dropout Rates in Early Parkinson’s Disease Trials of Pramipexole, Ropinirole, and Rasagiline. Accepted for publication by International Journal of Neurology.
2. Groenendaal H, Bush M, Hodge FL, Dykstra K, Mudd P, Rajapakse A, Zagmutt F.J., Quantitative Risk Analysis: Improving Decision Making by Quantifying Uncertainty. American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Magazine, April 2011
3. Zagmutt F. J., Espejo L. A., Groenendaal H., Lima J. R., Patton E., Gardner I. A., and Wells S. (2010) A novel approach to evaluate the cost-benefit of use of Johne’s disease vaccine while considering effects on the bovine tuberculosis eradication program. Proceedings of JDIP 6th Annual Conference, July 11-12, 2010, Denver, CO. # 38334
4. Navarro, I., and Zagmutt F.J. Chemical Health risk. In: Urban Water Security: Managing Risks. Jimenez B., and Rose J.B. (Eds.) Paris & Leiden: UNESCO Publications & Taylor and Francis, 2009.
5. Groenendaal H. and Zagmutt F. J. (2008), Scenarios analysis of changes in consumption of dairy products due to a hypothetical causal link between Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and Crohn's Disease. Journal of Dairy Science. J Dairy Sci. 91(8):3245-58.
6. Zagmutt F.J. Optimisation in Risk Analysis. In: Risk Analysis: A Quantitative Guide (3rd Edition) (2008). Vose, D. (Ed). Wiley. PP. 435-444.
7. Zepeda C., Jones J. B., and Zagmutt F. J. (2008) Compartmentalisation in aquaculture production systems. Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 27 (1), 229-241.
8. Harvey N., Reeves A., Schoenbaum M.A., Zagmutt F.J., Dubé C., Hill A.E., Corso B. A., McNab W.B., Cartwright C.I., and Salman, M.D. (2007) The North American Animal Disease Spread Model: A simulation model to assist decision making in evaluating animal disease incursions. Prev. Vet. Med. 82: 176-197
9. Zagmutt F. J., Carpenter T. E., Farver T. B., and Hedrick R. P. (2005). Spatial and temporal variations in sea lice (Copepoda: Caligidae) infestations of three salmonid species farmed in net pens in southern Chile. Dis Aquat Organ 64, 163-73.
10. Crossley B. M., Zagmutt F. J., Fyock T. L., Whitlock R. H., and Gardner I. A. (2005). Fecal shedding of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis by dairy cows. Vet Microbiol 107, 257-63.
11. Pinto J., Herrera J., Zagmutt F.J., Urcelay S., Sotomayor G., Maretto D., Cassigoli J., Maino M., Contreras G. (2003) Quantitative risk assessment of introduction of infectious salmonid diseases in Chile. Report funded by Chilean Ministry of Fisheries (FIP 2001-08).
12. Zagmutt F.J. and Schoenbaum M.A. The quantitative impact of spatial and production-type heterogeneity in the modeling of highly infectious animal diseases (in progress).
13. Zagmutt F. J., Sempier, S. H., Hanson, T. R., and Salman, M. D. Epidemic models to estimate highly uncertain emerging diseases losses for aquaculture insurance policies: an example using the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry (in progress)
