Ricardo Soares
Magalhaes is Professor of Zoonotic Disease Epidemiology and Biosecurity and
Director of the Queensland Alliance for One Health Sciences. He holds a Ph.D.
from The University of Queensland. 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 prioritization for improved surveillance and risk management
in both human and animal populations. Prof. Soares
Magalhães’s team is currently leading the development of several 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).