Dr Kath Webster PhD FRSB
Director of Scientific Services
Kath Webster is the Director of Scientific Services at the Animal and Plant Health Agency and has responsibility for science across the agency. She is a member of the APHA Executive team and Management Board.
Kath currently leads a multi-disciplinary team of 950 scientists and other specialists, working collaboratively with multiple partners nationally and internationally. The team is geographically dispersed at a dozen specialist sites across GB with the main research facility at Weybridge in Surrey. APHA undertakes R&D, surveillance and provides specialist services and advice to various parts of UK government, NGOs and industry. APHA also plays a key international role, hosting numerous world reference facilities.
At an international level she is a member of the European Joint Platform One Health Programme Board and the UK Laboratory Focal point for the World Association for Animal Health.
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Learn more about the important scientific work being carried out by our female scientists in the current avian influenza outbreak in this blog and accompanying video.
Sunday 3rd November 2019 is One Health Day. Have you ever wondered what One Health is or why it is so important? In this blog Dr Kath Webster, Director of Scientific Services at APHA, explains all and shares what our scientists are doing in One Health on a national and international scale.
Today, Monday 11th February 2019, marks the fourth International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGS). Even in 2019, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) still remains a male dominated field, with still only a small percentage of the …
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