Catriona is a surveillance sociologist. She trained as a social scientist and then specialised in international development, but she has worked closely with Ausvet in animal health surveillance projects in Australia and around the world for over 25 years.
Her recent projects have included understanding employee reporting drivers in a large integrated pork production company in North America; researching stakeholder needs and motivations to design a user-focused surveillance system during the development of iSIKHNAS in Indonesia, analysing sociological issues surrounding surveillance data sharing in Canada, participating in surveillance training for the veterinary services of 45 African countries, and analysing the political, historical, social, tribal and environmental aspects of disease surveillance and eradication programs in Namibia.
Catriona is also actively involved in developing and implementing innovative approaches to the creation of powerful and sustainable surveillance and animal health information systems, working with a multidisciplinary team using cloud-based technology and a bottom-up design philosophy. Her most recent work involves ongoing stakeholder engagement in a ground-breaking integrated approach to research in the Chilean salmon industry. Together with Angus Cameron she developed the Data Component for the USAID-funded TRANSFORM project.
She is particularly interested in exploring truly integrated One Health approaches in remote indigenous communities. The health, well-being and prosperity of these vulnerable groups is intrinsically linked to housing, essential services, employment and education. Integrating these factors with all health services will empower these communities to advocate for improved resources, measure and evaluate ongoing activities as well as improve the health and well-being of individuals.
Catriona was born in Jamaica and is widely travelled. She has spent many years based in a number of countries including 5 years living and working in Thailand and Laos where she worked in a range of development roles and learned both languages well. She has extensive experience in Indonesia, Chile and Namibia. She has been based in France for the last 20 years and speaks French fluently
Together with Angus Cameron, Cate established the company and has been part of the leadership team since 2019.
Specialty areas
- Epidemiological approaches
- Holistic, integrated approaches to health
- International Development
- Service-driven approaches to data system design
- Community engagement
- Client relationship management
- Project planning and implementation
- Training and facilitation
- Disease surveillance
Highlights
- Over 20 years of experience as a surveillance sociologist involved in developing and implementing animal health surveillance projects in Australia and around the world;
- Well-versed in stakeholder engagement and the analysis of sociological issues surrounding surveillance data governance, integration and sharing;
- Solid knowledge of integrated One Health approaches in remote indigenous communities and understanding of surveillance stakeholder needs and motivations to design inclusive user-focused surveillance systems;
- Experience conducting surveillance training for the veterinary services of 45 African countries as well as analysing the political, historical, social, tribal and environmental aspects of disease surveillance and eradication programmes in Namibia (2012).
- Co-creator of USD 35 million USAID funded TRANSFORM project. Developing sustainable, market-driven risk management strategies to address AMR, zoonoses and transboundary animal diseases in Vietnam, Indonesia. This work is around the use of a user-focussed information system to facilitate the transfer of value between value chain stakeholders for improved health outcomes.
- Development of the national animal health and production reporting system (iSIKHNAS) in Indonesia.
- Consultant for Namibia Northern Communal Area Foot and Mouth Disease and Lungsickness (CBPP) Freedom Project.
- Consultant for development of integrated industry Research Platform (PIISAC) for the Chilean salmon industry
- Co-trainer. Risk-based disease surveillance capacity building (8 weeks of training to over 80 vets from 45 African countries conducted in both French and English)
