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Securing the UK’s animal health scientific capability

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Image of the Weybourne Building, synonymous with APHA Weybridge

In this blog, we look at how some of the key areas of APHA’s animal health science continue to have an immediate impact for UK farming and trade, whilst developments take place on the Weybridge site, and how a ‘One health’ approach places the Weybridge campus as a vital part of the overall system that protects public health.

APHA's emergency team are always alert to high risk animal disease

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members of the NEEG

Upon confirmation of the presence of avian influenza in the UK, APHA immediately mobilised the National Emergency Epidemiology Group (NEEG). But what is the role of this group and why is it so important? In this blog, we hear from Dr Vicky Kalogeropoulou, Senior Scientific Project Manager and member of the NEEG as she explains more.

‘Tails’ from the new Small Animal Species Expert Group

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This month is National Pet Month, promoting responsible pet ownership and awareness of the mutual benefit of living with pets. In this blog, Gillian Diesel, Veterinary Lead for the Small Animal Species Expert Group, talks about her role in setting up this new expert group at APHA and how pets have been important in her own life.

A bite size introduction to APHA’s role in combating Malaria

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A mosquito on skin

Although human malaria is no longer present in the UK, it is still prevalent in many tropical regions of the world. In this blog, APHA’s Dr Nick Johnson, whose research focuses on mosquito- and tick-borne diseases, provides a brief overview of malaria and how APHA plays a role in detecting the malaria parasite.

APHA helps junior scientists grow in their careers

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APHA participates in science programmes to benefit UK science, which enables young scientists to develop their scientific expertise and careers, with a One Health agenda, at our world-renowned laboratory facilities in Surrey and sometimes with our partners abroad. Hear about the experiences of one such scientist, Taylor Hanford, as he embarked on a PhD project taking him from our headquarters in Surrey to Brittany, France.

Investing in the UK’s science capability in animal health

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Image of the Weybourne Building, synonymous with APHA Weybridge

Hear from APHA’s new Director of Science and Transformation, Dr Jenny Stewart, as she talks about plans to redevelop the Weybridge site to enhance its capability and reputation as a world-class science centre to support APHA’s mission to safeguard animal health for the benefit of people, the environment and the economy.

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