Dr. Ynes Ortega

Associate Professor · University of Georgia · company speakers →

Dr. Ynés Ortega is an Associate Professor at The Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia. She received her undergraduate degree at the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), Doctorate in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Arizona and MPH in International Health from Johns Hopkins University. She is a visiting professor at UPCH. Her research is focused on food and waterborne pathogens. She is currently studying the dynamics of disease transmission that take place in the production and processing of food products. Dr. Ortega’s research evaluates detection assays used in food production that are sensitive and specific for pathogenic parasites in both biological and environmental samples, in domestic and international setting. She has also expanded her efforts to the development and testing of disinfectants for use in fresh produce and to the study of risk factors associated with parasitic foodborne transmission. Dr. Ortega has been a science advisor for 9 years for FDA-SRL, has authored many peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, and is editor of 3 books on Foodborne Parasites.

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