Dr. Rand Broadway serves as a Research Microbiologist at the USDA-ARS, Livestock Issues Research Unit. His innovative research aims to understand the interactions of pathogens and gut health and the downstream effects of gastrointestinal barrier dysfunction. One of Dr. Broadway’s novel innovations was the development of a model to induce liver abscesses in cattle. This is the only model that has successfully induced liver abscesses mimicking real-world disease etiology and has shed light on causal and correlating factors surrounding this costly disease. This model has demonstrated that acidosis and high-concentrate diets are not the only driver of liver abscess formation and eludes that pathogen type and concentration is likely the primary driver of prevalence. Dr. Broadway has served on 16 graduate student committees, secured $3 million in research funding and has authored or co-authored 81 peer-reviewed articles. He, his wife, and three children reside in Lubbock, TX.