Dr. Brendalee Viveiros
Assistant Professor
Department
Clinical Research
Education
Contact Information
Biography
Dr. Brendalee Viveiros is a public health leader, educator, and researcher specializing in environmental health, food safety, and foodborne illness prevention. She has extensive experience in applied public health practice, academic instruction, program leadership, epidemiology, and research. She serves as a faculty member in the Clinical Research PhD Program where she teaches graduate-level courses and mentors’ doctoral students throughout their dissertation milestones.
Dr. Viveiros has led several research studies and evaluation initiatives related to public health and food safety. She has vast experience supporting regulatory and policy development. Her work integrates practice-based research and program implementation, including the design and evaluation of food safety interventions, outbreak investigation systems, and environmental health surveillance activities. She has contributed to and led multiple CDC-funded initiatives and has investigated more than 100 foodborne illness outbreaks throughout her career.
Dr. Viveiros has an active history of academic instruction, having taught across multiple institutions in both graduate and undergraduate programs. She has taught a variety of coursework including courses in epidemiology, biostatistics, environmental health, research methods, program evaluation, biology, nutrition, and public health practice.
Her research portfolio includes peer-reviewed publications and national presentations on food safety practices, outbreak investigations, food safety culture, and environmental health systems. She is actively engaged in professional service through national organizations including NEHA, APHA, and AFDO, where she has also served in leadership roles on food safety and outbreak response committees.
Dr. Viveiros has received multiple awards recognizing excellence in public health research, teaching, and leadership, including honors from Rasmussen University, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Association of Food and Drug Officials.