This workshops aim is to identify:
This workshop will be of interest to veterinarians, veterinary nurses and veterinary technicians and especially those involved with lifestyle and small farms clients, disease surveillance and investigation and national as well as on farm biosecurity.
Date and venue
8am - 3.30pm, Friday 6 June, Tākina Events Centre, Wellington
Format
Classroom-based workshop
Facilitators
Maryna Sokolova
Maryna is a Team Manager of the Animal Health Surveillance team at MPI. She manages a team that designs and implements animal health surveillance for exotic and emerging diseases. She has a strong interest in modelling, epidemiology, public health and biosecurity response. She holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Degree, a Masters of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health and a Doctor of Philosophy in Veterinary Science degrees from Massey University. Prior to joining MPI in 2022, she worked LIC and clinical practice.
Jonathan Watts
Jon graduated with a Batchelor of Veterinary Science from Massey University in 1998. After graduating, Jon spent 3 years in mixed practice in Wairoa on the East Coast of the North Island before travelling to the United Kingdom to work, where he spent 8 months working on the foot and mouth disease outbreak, followed by 7 years in small animal practice. On returning to New Zealand in 2008, Jon worked in small animal practice in Wellington, joining MPI part-time as a member of the Animal Health Surveillance team in 2010. Jon continued to work part-time in practice until 2018 where he became full time in the MPI Animal Health Surveillance team. Jon is a member of the Australia and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists epidemiology chapter, and has a strong interest in veterinary epidemiology and its role in both supporting animal health in New Zealand and continued market access for our exporters.
Mark Eames
Mark is a veterinarian and exotic diseases incursion investigator for Biosecurity New Zealand, MPI. He graduated from Massey University vet school in 2012 and spent 8 years in production animal practice in the Manawatu and Horowhenua regions before transitioning to a career in biosecurity following an MPI-sponsored veterinary epidemiology course. Along with the day-to-day work of investigating notifications of suspected exotic disease he is studying towards a master’s in veterinary studies (Epidemiology), has undertaken real-time Foot-and-mouth disease training in Kenya, and is a trained snake handler.
Lia Missena
Dr. Lia Missena is a veterinarian with a keen interest in epidemiology and production animals. She obtained her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from the University of Florida. Currently, her work focuses on promoting awareness programmes for the early detection of exotic disease incursions, fulfilment of New Zealand's international reporting obligations, including to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), and demonstrating to trading partners and international organisations that for each of the reportable diseases there are awareness programmes in place for detecting and reporting unusual animal health incidents.
Lynsey Earl
Lynsey is a Senior Advisor in the Animal Health Surveillance team at MPI. Her work has focused on geographic information systems (GIS), tracing and surveillance tools for biosecurity responses, modelling, and surveillance stakeholder engagement. She holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science and a Masters of Veterinary Epidemiology from Massey University. Prior to joining MPI in 2016, she worked in clinical practice in Auckland, Palmerston North and the UK.
Pricing and registration
This workshop is included in the lecture programme, however due to limited numbers you must register for the workshop.
To register, you must register for at least one day (Friday 6 June) and then select the workshop.