João is an experienced veterinary epidemiologist who has advanced modelling skills and strong international experience.
João completed his veterinary studies in Portugal then undertook his PhD research in Canada where he worked in creating simulation models to inform disease management in Canadian salmon aquaculture. João has become a talented disease modeller.
João has worked as a private consulting epidemiologist and has lectured in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Public Health and Aquaculture amongst other subjects. He has worked and trained in Portugal, Canada, Denmark and in the US and has been awarded a number of fellowships, scholarships and bursaries.João joined Ausvet Europe in mid-2024 and is now based in Lyon, France.
João is a native Portuguese language speaker and speaks some Spanish and French. He has worked or studied for several years in a purely English language workplace, as well as publishing reports and journal articles in English. He is an impeccable communicator.
João has a number of creative outlets and an eclectic array of interests.
Specialty areas
- Veterinary Epidemiology
- Aquatic animal health
- Epidemiological analyses and computer programming, using a variety of software tools (e.g., Microsoft Excel, R, R Shiny, GIT, Stata®, QGIS)
- Management and analyses of animal health data, performance evaluation of animal health programs and development of decision support tools
- Project management, teamwork and report writing
- Scientific communication: peer-reviewed publications, presentations at international conferences, lectures and training coordination.
Publications
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