Michael Batz
Current ICMSF member
Office of Analytics and Outreach, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States
Member since 2020
Mr Batz joined the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2016 and is currently Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Analytics and Outreach in the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). Prior to joining FDA, he was Head of Food Safety Programs, Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, as well as Executive Director of the Food Safety Research Consortium. He earned an MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from Carnegie Mellon University in 1998, and a dual BS in ECE and Engineering and Public Policy, also from Carnegie Mellon. Mr Batz has been developing quantitative analyses to improve public health decision making for 20 years, with focus on risk ranking, multi-criteria analysis, and foodborne illness source attribution. He has worked as a consultant to the FAO and WHO on risk prioritisation and was recently elected Vice-Chair of the Committee on Control of Foodborne Infections (CCFI) of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP).