Sofia Boqvist

During my veterinary training, I became interested in how animal and human health are interconnected, which is the focus of Veterinary Public Health. This subject has continued to engage and interest me, and today, I am a professor of Veterinary Public Health with a focus on food safety. Veterinary public health also encompasses several other areas, such as food safety and epidemiology of zoonotic infections. I have a genuine global interest and collaborate with several African and Asian universities and institutes.

My research primarily focuses on various aspects of risk and risk management in the food chain. This includes, for example, identifying risks and investigating interventions to improve the food chain, modernizing food control, and working to increase sustainability and reduce waste. In my research, I also aim to contribute to strengthening global food security.

Current and a selection of previous research projects

• Why Are Foods Recalled? A Focus on Food Safety
• Remote meat inspection using electronic nose (SLV)
• Improved cleaning and disinfection at meat premises – reducing spread of spoilage-, pathogenic- and antimicrobial resistant bacteria (SLF)
• AMR in zoonotic pathogens – a challenge for urban smallholder livestock production system, Uganda (VR)
• One Health Initiative – Food safety interventions along pork value chain in Vietnam (ILRI)
• Molecular characterization and AMR among Salmonella spp. isolated from food sold at informal markets in Cambodia (Sida)
• Management of animal diseases and antimicrobial use by information and communication technology to control AMR in East Africa (JPIAMR)

I have the overall responsibility for the subject of Veterinary Public Health, and our team ensures that courses in food safety, meat inspection, and food control within the veterinary program maintain high quality and are relevant from a societal perspective. I primarily lecture on food safety and global food security, and supervise thesis and master’s students.