Jan E Novakofski

Jan E Novakofski is a Researcher affiliated with the Prairie Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Their work primarily focuses on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in white-tailed deer and broader wildlife disease ecology in Illinois, USA. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to address disease surveillance, population genetics, and habitat modeling.

Research interests center on prion protein genetics, epidemiological modeling, and conservation biology. Key projects include CWD prevalence analysis, retropharyngeal lymph node desiccation studies, and habitat quality frameworks for deer populations. Their work bridges veterinary science and ecological conservation.

Recent publications examine CWD testing methodologies, disease-pregnancy correlations, and cross-species prion susceptibility. Collaborative datasets on deer genetic variation and disease status are publicly accessible through institutional repositories like University of Illinois.