Prof. Louise Matthews

I’m Professor of Infectious Disease Ecology and Mathematical Biology in the School of Biodiversity, One Health and Comparative Medicine at The University of Glasgow and co-director of the Boyd Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health. Mathematically trained, I bring 25 years’ experience in veterinary epidemiology and have worked on a wide range of systems. These include endemic and epidemic livestock diseases in the UK; zoonotic pathogens; wildlife disease including canine distemper virus in tigers and rabies in Ethiopian wolves; vector-borne disease including Rift Valley Fever and African Animal Trypanosomiasis; the spread of antimicrobial resistance and optimal control strategies to limit the development of drug resistance.

With EPIC, I co-lead our outbreak preparedness challenge which focuses on ensuring we have the appropriate tools and expertise available to respond to incursions of livestock disease into the UK.