Gustavo Machado

Gustavo Machado is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, specializing in infectious disease modeling within livestock systems. He leads the Machado Lab, focusing on developing epidemiological tools to combat transboundary and emerging diseases such as African swine fever (ASF) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS). His work integrates geospatial analytics, network epidemiology, and computational models to inform disease control strategies.

Research Interests:

• Modeling disease spread and control in swine production systems
• Biosecurity planning for foreign animal disease outbreaks
• Optimization of ventilation and decontamination protocols to reduce disease transmission
• Economic impact analysis of disease outbreaks

Key Projects:

• Developed the RABapp™ dashboard for rapid access to biosecurity plans
• Simulated ASF outbreak response strategies for the U.S. swine industry
• Evaluated PRRSV vaccination efficacy through immune response prediction

Grants include funding from USDA and APHIS for projects like CSSC training programs and swine movement network analysis. The lab's GitHub repositories showcase tools like CFD-air-model for disease transmission simulations and PigSpread ASF models.