Welcome

On behalf of the entire organising committee, we are pleased to announce that Zoonoses: From Science to Policy International Conference will take place at the Thistle Hotel, Glasgow from 5th to 7th November 2007.

This will be the third in this series of conferences, building on the highly successful meetings in Cardiff in 2003 and Liverpool in 2005.  The conference regularly attracts in the region of 250-300 delegates from all over the UK and Western Europe. The audience will be made up of leading national practitioners, researchers and policy makers in both human and veterinary medical science with their counterparts from across the globe to consider, discuss and resolve issues concerning the prevention and control of zoonoses.  The conference will create and develop closer, genuinely collaborative links between scientists, agencies and policy makers to enhance our collective ability to protect public health.

Organising Committees

Local Organising Committee:
Dr Dominic Mellor – University of Glasgow
Professor Bill Reilly – Food Standards Agency
Dr Louise Matthews – University of Glasgow
Mr Paul Gayford – DEFRA
Dr Dilys Morgan – Health Protection Agency
Dr Liz (Elizabeth) Mitchell – DHSSPS, Northern Ireland
Mrs Sheila Voas – SERAD
Dr Jacqui McElhiney – Food Standards Agency
Mrs Maggie Tomlinson – Department of Health
Lesley Larkin – DEFRA
Mrs Suzanne Jardine – Health Protection Scotland
Professor Chris Thorns – Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Dr Roland Salmon - NPHS Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre
Ms Jacqueline Campbell – Scottish Executive Health Department

Scientific Programme Committee:
Dr Sarah Cleveland – University of Edinburgh
Dr Judith Hilton – Food Standards Agency
Lesley Larkin – DEFRA
Dr Stanley McDowell – Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Ireland
Dr Louise Matthews – University of Glasgow
Dr Dominic Mellor – University of Glasgow
Dr Dilys Morgan – Health Protection Agency
Professor Stephen Palmer – University of Wales
Dr Geoff Pritchard – Veterinary Laboratories Agency
Dr Brian Smyth – Depart of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
Dr Malcolm Bennet – University of Liverpool
Dr Pia Mäkelä – European Food Safety Authority