Cesar A. Corzo is an Associate Professor at the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM), University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, USA. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Minnesota and his M.Sc. at the University of Guelph, Canada. During his Ph.D. study, he was awarded the Maheswaran Fellowship in Food Animal Health in 2011. He is also a member of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. As a swine veterinarian, his research interest focuses on understanding the epidemiological features of diseases to develop methodologies to prevent, control, and ultimately eliminate pathogens from pig populations. Specifically, he is interested in biosecurity compliance and the role of endemic bacteria during primary pathogen elimination.