Ricardo J. Soares Magalhaes – The Conversation

Professor, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland

Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães is Professor of Zoonotic Disease Epidemiology and Biosecurity and Director of the Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences. Prof. Soares Magalhaes is a European Veterinary Board Specialist in Population Medicine with extensive national and international research experience in three main areas: spatial epidemiology of zoonotic infections, outbreak response for emerging infectious diseases and risk assessment of animal’s environmental health/biosecurity. A key focus of his team's current research is to develop geographical risk assessment methods to assist disease prioritisation for improved surveillance and risk management in both human and animal populations.

Prof. Soares Magalhães’s team is currently leading the development of a number of nationwide epidemiological data analytics platforms including for zoonotic influenza (WHO SEARO, WHO Nepal), antimicrobial resistance in agribusinesses and the environment (CRC SAAFE) and veterinary clinical data (VARDC and ACARCinom).

Experience

2023–present

Professor, The University of Queensland
2018–2022

Associate professor, The University of Queensland
2014–2018

Senior lecturer Population Health & Biosecurity, The University of Queensland
2012–2014

Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Queensland
2008–2009

Associate lecturer, The University of Queensland

Education

2013

European College of Veterinary Public Health, Diplomate ECVPH (Population Medicine)
2012

University of Queensland, PhD Infectious Disease Epidemiology
2004

University of London, MSc in Control of Infectious Diseases
2002

University of Porto, Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

Research Areas

Public Health And Health Services (1117)
Infectious Diseases (110309)
Epidemiology (111706)
Veterinary Epidemiology (070704)

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