Dr. Heath is appointed as the Research Team Manager responsible for vaccine production at the Agriculture Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute. His research has been focuses on transboundary animal disease, including African swine fever, foot and mouth disease, Classical swine fever, PPRS and PPR. He has more than 20 years of research experience in the area of infectious diseases, most of which have been spent working in BSL3 containment. In 2017 he was appointed by the World Orginasation for Animals Health (OIE) as an international expert for African swine fever. In addition to his research activities, he manages the Transboundary Animal Diseases Diagnostic Laboratory at the institute. He also has significant experience in the preclinical and clinical testing of candidate veterinary vaccines.