Dr Susan Cork
Positions
Professor
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fulltime
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
Bachelor of Philosophy, Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand, 1986
Bachelor of Veterinary Science Massey University, New Zealand, 1986
Doctor of Philosophy, Veterinary Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand, 1994
Diploma (Public Policy), Political Science, Policy & Economics, School of Government, Victoria University, New Zealand, 2006
Biography
I am currently a professor in Ecosystem and Public Health at the University of Calgary, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. I joined the faculty in 2008 as founding Head of the Department of Ecosystem and Public Health. Prior to arriving in Canada, I spent five years with the New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry where I held a number of science, policy and management positions. I completed my Veterinary degree (Massey University, New Zealand) in 1987 and my first job after graduating was with the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on the Pacific Island of Fiji. Subsequently, I worked in private veterinary practice in the United Kingdom before returning to New Zealand to complete a PhD. During my PhD, I provided diagnostic support for wildlife in partnership with the New Zealand Department of Conservation. In 1995, I took the opportunity to travel to Asia where I subsequently accepted the position of veterinary laboratory manager in Eastern Bhutan; this was part of a European Union funded project to strengthen veterinary services in Asia. In 2003, after 6 years in the UK working in academia, I returned to New Zealand to join Government Service and obtained a Diploma in Public Policy from the School of Government, Victoria University, Wellington. Since then I have returned to Bhutan a number of times and completed a 6-month sabbatical at the National Centre for Animal Health in 2014. My research interests are in global health, animal health policy, veterinary public health and wildlife diseases.
Research Personnel/Trainees
Dr Isabelle Couloigner – Research Associate - Mathematical modeling, Vectors and vector borne diseases project
Carl Dizon - Research Assistant - Tick Ecology
Research
Areas of Research
Disease ecology/Vector borne diseases/Animal Health Policy & Risk Assessment
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Publications
- Case Studies in Eco-Health (Examining the Interaction between Animals and their Environment). 1st Edition, ISBN 978-1789182408. Cork, S.C & Whiteside, D. P . 5m, Oxford, United Kingdom. (2024)
- The Veterinary Laboratory & Field Manual: A technical handbook for veterinary field staff and laboratory technicians in low to middle income countries. Third Edition. ISBN-978-1789180459. Cork, S.C. & Halliwell, R (2019) . 5m, Oxford, United Kingdom. (2019)
- Case Studies in One Health: Addressing Complex Problems in a Changing World. ISBN 978-1-910455-55-5. . Cork, S.C., Hall, D.C., Liljebjelke, K. 5m, Oxford, United Kingdom. (2016)
- World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) ad hoc expert committee on training competencies for veterinary paraprofessionals (2016 – 2019) OIE, Rue de Prony, Paris. . WOAH. (2019)
- Ecology and Epidemiology of Lyme Disease in Western North America. . Dizon C, Lysyk TJ, Couloigner I, Cork SC.. Zoonotic Diseases. 2023; 3(1):20-37.. (2023)
- Engaging an Interdisciplinary Team to Map the Current and Future Distribution of the Asian Longhorned Tick (Haemaphysalis longicornis) in North Ameri. Cork, S.C., Namgyal, J., Couloigner, I., Checkley, S., Envik, A., Lysyk, T., Dergousoff, S., Ko, E . CABI Case Studies. (2023)
- Community Engagement in Research & Policy Development: A One Health Approach to the Control of Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases in Eastern Bhutan. CABI One Heath Cases. Namgyal, J., Chedup, K., Couloigner, I., Cork, S.C . CABI Case Studies. (2023)
- Relationship Between Weather and Changes in Annual and Seasonal Abundance of Culicoides sonorensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Alberta, . Lysyk, T.L., Couloigner, I., Massolo,A., Cork, S.C. Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 60, Issue 1, January . (2023)
- A Qualitative Risk Assessment for the Introduction of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Bhutan. . Namgyal, J., Gurung, J.B., Cork, S.C. International journal of infectious diseases: Abstract. (2022)
- A knowledge, attitude, and practices study on ticks and tick-borne diseases in cattle among farmers in selected areas of Eastern Bhutan. Jamyang Namgyal, Tenzin Tenzin, Sylvia Checkley, Tim J. Lysyk, Sangay Rinchen, Ratna B. Gurung, Sithar Dorjee, Isabelle Couloigner, Susan C. Cork . PLoS ONE 16(2):e0247302. (2021)
- Identification, distribution, and habitat suitability models of ixodid tick species in cattle in eastern Bhutan. . Jamyang Namgyal, Tim J. Lysyk, Isabelle Couloigner, Sylvia Checkley, Ratna B. Gurung, Tenzin Tenzin, Sithar Dorjee, Susan C. Cork. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6(1):27. (2021)
- Comparison of Habitat Suitability Models for Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann in North America to Determine Its Potential Geographic Range. Namgyal, J.; Couloigner, I.; Lysyk, T.J.; Dergousoff, S.J.; Cork, S.C . Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 17, 8285. (2020)
- Qualitative Risk Assessment of Rabies Reintroduction Into the Rabies Low-Risk Zone of Bhutan. . . Frontiers in Veterinary Science. Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics Volume 7 . Sangay Rinchen, Tenzin Tenzin, David C Hall, Susan Cork . (2020)
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