Given Name

Dirk

Family Name

PFEIFFER

Current Position

Chair Professor of One Health

Organization

City University of Hong Kong

Nationality-Resident

German – Hong Kong

Major   Interest

Epidemiology of infectious diseases;   interdisciplinary research; translation of science into policy

Education

Undergraduate veterinary degree   (Germany 1984); Postgraduate Dr.med.vet Degree (Germany 1986); PhD (New   Zealand 1992)

Post-graduate   Training

MANZVSc (Epidemiology 1992);   Diplomate ECVPH (2003); FHEA (2016)

Professional   Experience

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Massey   University, New Zealand (1992-1999); Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology,   Royal Veterinary College, University of London, United Kingdom (since 1999;   20% from Nov 2016); Head of United Nations FAO Reference Centre for   Veterinary Epidemiology at Royal Veterinary College, London, UK (since 2012);   Chief epidemiologist at UK Animal and Plant Health Agency (2015-2017; 20%   secondment from RVC); Chair Professor of One Health, City University of Hong   Kong, Hong Kong (from 2016); Director of Centre for Applied One Health   Research and Policy Advice, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (from   2016); Associate Dean (Research), College of Veterinary Medicine and Life   Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (from 2017)

Honors and   Awards

George Fleming Prize 2007 by The   Veterinary Journal for the  most   meritorious published in the Journal during 2007;

Research Medal of Royal Agricultural   Society of England for research work of outstanding merit carried out in the   UK, July 2009.

More recent publications

O'Connor,A.M., Sargeant,J.M., Dohoo,I.R., Erb,H.N.,   Cevallos,M., Egger,M., Ersboll,A.K., Martin,S.W., Nielsen,L.R., Pearl,D.L.,   Pfeiffer,D.U., Sanchez,J., Torrence,M.E., Vigre,H., Waldner,C., Ward,M.P.   (2016): Explanation and Elaboration Document for the STROBE-Vet Statement:   Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology -   Veterinary Extension. Zoonoses Public Health.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12315.

Sargeant,J.M., O'Connor,A.M., Dohoo,I.R., Erb,H.N.,   Cevallos,M., Egger,M., Ersboll,A.K., Martin,S.W., Nielsen,L.R., Pearl,D.L.,   Pfeiffer,D.U., Sanchez,J., Torrence,M.E., Vigre,H., Waldner,C. and Ward,M.P.   (2016): Methods and Processes of Developing the Strengthening the Reporting   of Observational Studies in Epidemiology - Veterinary (STROBE-Vet) Statement.   Zoonoses Public Health. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zph.12314.Vergne,T.,   Gogin,A. and Pfeiffer,D.U. (2017): Statistical exploration of local   transmission routes for African swine fever in pigs in the Russian   Federation, 2007-2014. Transbound Emerg Dis. 64, 504-512.

Jones,B.A., Betson,M. and Pfeiffer,D.U. (2017):   Eco-social processes influencing infectious disease emergence and spread.   Parasitology 144, 26-36.

Guinat,C., Vergne,T., Jurado-Diaz,C.,   Sanchez-Vizcaino,J.M., Dixon,L. and Pfeiffer,D.U. (2017): Effectiveness and   practicality of control strategies for African swine fever: what do we really   know? Vet Rec 180, 97 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.103992

Patterson,S., Drewe,J.A., Pfeiffer,D.U. and   Clutton-Brock,T.H. (2017): Social and environmental factors affect   tuberculosis related mortality in wild meerkats. J Anim Ecol.   http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12649.

Fournié,G., Pfeiffer,D.U. and Bendrey,R. (2017): Early   animal farming and zoonotic disease dynamics: modelling brucellosis   transmission in Neolithic goat populations. Royal Society Open Science, 4(2).  

Meyer,A., Zamir,L., Ben Yair Gilboa,A., Gelman,B.,   Pfeiffer,D.U. and Vergne,T. (2017): Quantitative Assessment of the Risk of   Release of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus via Export of Bull Semen from Israel.   Risk Analysis, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.12799.

Meyer,A., Dinh,T.X., Nhu,T.V., Pham,L.T., Newman,S.,   Nguyen,T.T.T., Pfeiffer,D.U. and Vergne,T. (2017): Movement and contact   patterns of long-distance free-grazing ducks and avian influenza persistence   in Vietnam. PLoS One 12, e0178241.

Molia,S., Grosbois,V., Kamissoko,B., Sidibe,M.S.,   Sissoko,K.D., Traore,I., Diakite,A. and Pfeiffer, D.U. (2017): Longitudinal   study of avian influenza and Newcastle disease in village poultry, Mali, 2009-2011.   Avian Dis 61, 165-177.

Sauter-Louis,C., Jones,B.A., Henning,J., Stoll,A.,   Nielen,M., Van Schaik,G., Smolenaars,A., Schouten,M., den Uijl,I.,   Fourichon,C., Guatteo,R., Madouasse,A., Nusinovici,S., Deprez,P., De   Vliegher,S., Laureyns,J., Booth,R., Cardwell,J.M. and Pfeiffer,D.U. (2017):   Herd-level animal management factors associated with the occurrence of bovine   neonatal pancytopenia in calves in a multi-country study. PLoS One 12,   e0179878.

Delabouglise,A., Choisy,M., Phan,T.D.,   Antoine-Moussiaux,N., Peyre,M., Vu,T.D., Pfeiffer,D.U. and Fournié,G. (2017):   Economic factors influencing zoonotic disease dynamics: demand for poultry   meat and seasonal transmission of avian influenza in Vietnam. Scientific   Reports 7, 5905.