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Professor Simon Reid is a Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Queensland, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences. He is a prominent researcher in One Health, systems thinking approaches to zoonotic diseases, and multisectoral governance for public health interventions. With expertise spanning veterinary medicine, epidemiology, and public health, Professor Reid has established himself as a leading academic in understanding complex disease systems at the human-animal-ecosystem interface.
Education:
- Bachelor of Veterinary Biology, Murdoch University
- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Murdoch University
- Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University
Professor Reid is a keen advocate of One Health and the application of systems thinking approaches to understand and improve interventions for wicked zoonotic disease problems at the human-animal-ecosystem interface such as leptospirosis, brucellosis, human-bat interactions and antimicrobial resistance. His research focuses on understanding how to improve multisectoral governance, planning and implementation of responses to manage One Health problems. He delivers postgraduate courses in systems thinking, communicable disease control and One Health. Professor Reid's work spans agricultural, veterinary, biomedical, clinical, and health sciences with particular emphasis on zoonotic diseases and their prevention.
Professor Reid's recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on the intersection of environmental factors (particularly greenspace), infectious diseases, and public health outcomes. His research spans from examining metabolic syndrome and vitamin D status in relation to urban environments, to investigating One Health approaches for leptospirosis and antimicrobial resistance. His work increasingly incorporates systems thinking and digital prediction tools for climate-sensitive infectious disease prevention, reflecting the evolving nature of public health challenges in a changing climate.
Professor Reid is currently leading significant research projects including a user-friendly digital prediction tool for dengue prevention (2023-2028, Wellcome Trust) and a One Health/System Dynamics approach to reducing Clostridioides difficile infection (2022-2025, University of Western Australia). He has previously secured funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research, and Peter & Mary Ellen Stone Memorial Fund for projects related to One Health, behavior change interventions for COVID-19, and angiostrongyliasis epidemiology.
Professor Reid actively supervises numerous PhD students, serving as Principal Advisor for projects on diarrheal disease in Ethiopia, antimicrobial resistance surveillance, enteric infections in Australian children, and acute watery diarrhea in Fiji. As Associate Advisor, he contributes to research on traditional African vegetables, greenspace health effects, dengue hotspot prediction, and spatiotemporal methods for infectious diseases. His completed supervision includes influential work on bat exposures, brucellosis in Jordan, infection control in veterinary practices, Q fever epidemiology, and systems approaches to child stunting.
