Professional and academic experience 28 years experience as researcher and laboratory diagnostician 7 years experience as research programme manager 6 years experience as technical manager of ISO 17025 accredited laboratories Professional memberships Member of the South African Veterinary Council Member of the Southern African Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Member (Treasurer) of the Organising Committee of the 12th International Symposium of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics in Durban, South Africa, 9 – 14 August 2009 Subjects taught at undergraduate and postgraduate levels Veterinary microbiology and bacterial pathogenesis Veterinary Infectious Diseases One Health: basic concepts and advanced level Research interests Bacterial zoonoses with an emphasis on bovine tuberculosis Veterinary diagnostics Wildlife/livestock/human interface One Health