Prof. Dr. Olivier Andre Sparagano received his BSc and MSc from the University of Paris VII, France, his MRes from the University Blaise Pascal, France, and his PhD from the Institut Pasteur and the University Lyon I, France. Before joining the City University of Hong Kong, he was the Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Professor of Animal Health and Biotechnology at Coventry University, UK. Before this appointment, he was the Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Northumbria University, UK. He is currently the Deputy Provost at UKMC. He is a Chartered Biologist, a Fellow of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine (of which he had been the President three times), a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and an Associate Member of the Royal Society for Chemistry. His research has covered topics from molecular diagnostics of parasitic diseases, vaccine development, probiotics, and vector-borne diseases (ticks, mites, mosquitoes) in a broad range of animals (pets, farm animals, and wildlife animals), Knowledge, Attitude and Practice and Social Determinants of Health.