Lian is a Jointly Appointed Scientist at ILRI and the University of Edinburgh where she is a lecturer in One Health and Food Systems. Her research focuses on the sustainable control of neglected zoonoses and spans field epidemiology, economic analysis and qualitative research on the context, barriers and drivers for disease transmission, surveillance & control. She is passionate about the application of One Health principles to complex challenges and supporting early career professionals to embrace these principles. She is a trustee of the Soulsby Foundation for One Health which supports early career researchers with grant funding for One Health projects.