Dr. Simon Otto (PhD University of Guelph, DVM University of Saskatchewan, BSc University of Calgary) is an Associate Professor in the University of Alberta School of Public Health and is the lead of the HEAT-AMR (Human-Environment-Animal Transdisciplinary Antimicrobial Resistance) Research Group (www.heat-amr.com). He is a veterinarian and epidemiologist whose research investigates the One Health epidemiology of AMR. HEAT-AMR  focuses on integrated antimicrobial use and resistance surveillance, diagnostic testing, and stakeholder engagement using quantitative and qualitative approaches to inform and support realistic strategies for antimicrobial stewardship using a One Health approach. He is also the Thematic Area Lead for Healthy Environments in the Centre for Healthy Communities at the School of Public Health. He is a member of the Public Health Agency of Canada Expert AMR Advisory Group for the PHAC AMR Task Force and the Prairie Hub Lead of the CIHR-funded Canadian AMR Network (CAN-AMR-Net). He served as an expert panel member on the Canadian Academy of Sciences assessment of antimicrobial use and AMR in food animals in Canada. He worked for Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation as a veterinary epidemiologist before starting his faculty position and spent time in rural mixed animal veterinary practice in Ontario, Canada.