Susanna Sternberg Lewerin

Professor in Epizootiology & Disease Control, HBIO, Bacteriology, Virology, Food Safety and Veterinary Public Health

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What are the differences and similarities that affect how we control animal diseases in different parts of the world and what can we learn from each other? Can the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance be reduced by tailored infection control and other interventions?

Presentation

I am a veterinarian with a PhD in bacteriology and a European Diplomate in Veterinary Public Health.

I work mainly with the epidemiology of diseases that we don’t have, or don’t want to have, in Swedish animals. These diseases are not a part of the everyday life of Swedish veterinarians and farmers, but we still need to prepare for them. This preparedness needs a scientific basis. I also work with antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one of the largest global threats to the health of animals and people.

Research

My research area is broad and covers several aspects of infectious animal diseases and AMR: epidemiological studies, surveillance, biosecurity studies, disease modelling, modelling the spread of infectious agents, evaluation of control measures. My research covers the Swedish situation and I am also involved in international projects.

I am also the Programme Director of the transdisciplinary research platform SLU Future One Health. We aim to strengthen transdisciplinary research within the field of One Health and contribute to science-based policymaking.