Dr Jenny-Ann Toribio
Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
Faculty of Veterinary Science
JL Shute Building (C01)
425 Werombi Road
Camden NSW 2570
Phone: +61 2 9351 1609
Fax: +61 2 9351 1618
Email:jennyt@camden.usyd.edu.au
Qualifications
BVSc (Hons) UQ PhD UQ
Teaching Areas
- Epidemiology for undergraduate veterinary science and agriculture students.
- Epidemiology for postgraduate students.
Administration
- Academic Supervisor of the Veterinary Public Health Management Program
Research
- Epidemiology of Ovine Johnes Disease
- Smallholder livestock production systems in the Philippines
- Innovative surveillance systems for Australian livestock industries
- Modelling of infectious diseases within Australian livestock industries
- Evaluation of approaches to teaching epidemiology
Research Interests
Jenny-Ann completed a BVSc at the University of Queensland in 1989 and worked predominately in companion animal practice including 2 years with the RSPCA in New South Wales. In 1994 she commenced a PhD at the University of Queensland on smallholder pig systems in the Philippines – a project funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). On completion she provided input as a consultant to two ACIAR projects in the Philippines prior to commencing her appointment at the University of Sydney.
Jenny-Ann’s research interests are varied and currently include the epidemiology of ovine Johne’s disease, surveillance systems for the extensive beef industry and for peri-urban pig producers in Australia, the improvement of smallholder shrimp systems in Indonesia, and evaluation of avian influenza and classical swine fever disease risk posed by animal movements in Indonesia. Jenny-Ann has considerable experience working in south-east Asia and contributes to ACIAR-funded projects related to smallholder poultry, pig and shrimp systems in Indonesia.
Jenny-Ann had a key role in the establishment of postgraduate coursework offerings in Veterinary Public Health Management and Veterinary Public Heath in this faculty and is the Academic Supervisor for the VPH/VPHMgt program. This program offers technical and managerial units that are delivered via an online classroom and some short residentials. Her research interests now extend to innovative approaches to training in veterinary epidemiology at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Selected Publications
- Lanada EB, Lee J-ALM, More SJ, Taveros AA, Cotiw-an BS (1999) The reproductive performance of sows raised by smallholder farmers in the Philippines. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 41, 171-186.
- Lee J-ALM, More SJ, Cotiw-an BS (1999) Problems translating a questionnaire in a cross-cultural setting. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 41, 187-194.
- More SJ, Lee J-ALM, Lanada EB, Taveros AA, Cotiw-an BS (1999) Weight-for-age of growing pigs raised by smallholder farmers in the Philippines. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 41, 151-169.