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Professor Barbara Haesler is a leading academic at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), holding a position in the Department of Pathobiology & Population Sciences at the Hawkshead Campus. She serves as the leader of the RVC's Sustainable Food Systems research group and coordinates the international Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH). Her interdisciplinary career spans veterinary medicine, economics, and public health.
Her research integrates economic, social, and technical dimensions of food systems with a strong focus on One Health approaches. Key research streams include: economic evaluation of animal health surveillance systems; food safety and nutrition security in livestock/fish value chains; economics of animal disease management; and standardized evaluation frameworks for One Health initiatives. She employs systems thinking to address complex challenges in global food security and antimicrobial resistance.
Professor Haesler's publication portfolio demonstrates consistent output in high-impact journals, with recent work emphasizing practical applications of One Health frameworks in low-resource settings. Her articles reveal strong thematic focus on value chain analysis (particularly in African urban contexts), economic evaluation methods, and integration of food safety with nutrition outcomes. The research shows increasing emphasis on antimicrobial resistance surveillance and systems-based evaluation approaches since 2016.
- Faculty Award (Fakultätspreis) for best veterinary medicine dissertation from University of Bern
- Award from Association of Bernese Female Academics (Vereinigung Bernischer Akademikerinnen)
She actively supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research projects across multiple RVC programs and serves as RVC-LCIRAH lead for the Interdisciplinary Food Systems Teaching and Learning (IFSTAL) consortium. Her leadership extends to major collaborative projects including SHEFS, One Health Poultry Hub, and UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub, with fieldwork spanning Kenya, Vietnam, Tanzania, and Sri Lanka.
