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Professor Marta Hernandez-Jover is a veterinary epidemiologist and professor at Charles Sturt University's School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences in Wagga Wagga, Australia. She serves as Associate Head of School Research and has held roles such as Acting Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation. Her work focuses on biosecurity, animal health surveillance, and risk analysis for infectious diseases, integrating social and biological sciences to address human behavior in biosecurity practices.
Education: PhD in Livestock Traceability from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2006), followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Sydney. Joined CSU in 2012, teaching epidemiology and public health to veterinary students.
Research interests include:
- Biosecurity implementation and stakeholder engagement
- Zoonotic disease surveillance and risk assessment
- Emergency animal disease preparedness
- One Health approaches to livestock-wildlife interactions
Recent work emphasizes:
- Farmer compliance with biosecurity protocols
- Veterinary profession's role in national surveillance
- Risk analysis for imported seafood pathogens
She has published 95+ peer-reviewed articles and secured over $4M in research funding. Current projects address FMD outbreak vulnerability modeling and aquaculture biosecurity.
