Shauna Richards is a veterinary epidemiologist with interests in the complex interplay of animal, human, and environmental health, and the relationship and impact this interplay has on zoonotic diseases and animal welfare. Shauna also has an interest in educational interventions related to the aforementioned topics. Previously she has worked on improving smallholder dairy productivity and welfare in Kenya, on rabies and One Health in Canada, and antimicrobial resistance in African animal trypanosomiasis at the wildlife livestock interface in Tanzania. She continues to support the work of Veterinarians without Borders/Vétérinaries sans Frontières-North America. Her current work focuses on (1) improving adoption and awareness of One Health across Eastern and Southern Africa within the themes of research and innovation, governance, education, and implementation; (2) evaluating vaccination of livestock during humanitarian crises to determine it's impact on livelihoods of livestock keepers.
