Brian Perry, a British citizen, is an international development scientist, a veterinarian by profession and an epidemiologist by specialization. He holds academic positions of Honorary Professor at the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Tropical Veterinary Medicine at the University of Oxford, UK.
Since 2010 he has chaired the Scientific Advisory Board of Afrique One Aspire, a Wellcome Trust-funded African Research Consortium for Ecosystem and Population Health comprising 11 universities and research institutes in eastern and western Africa. He is member of the Technical Committee of the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed)-administered AgResults Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Challenge Project and sits on the judging panel of the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicine (GALVmed)-administered AgResults Brucellosis vaccine prize competition. Prof Perry is also member of the Management Board of the Medical Research Council (MRC)- funded International Veterinary Vaccinology Network and a member of the International Committee of World Horse Welfare .
He has published more than 300 scientific articles in refereed journals, books and proceedings as author and co-author.