AProf Marta Hernandez-Jover

AProf Marta Hernandez-Jover
Charles Sturt University
Veterinary Epidemiologist

Associate Professor Hernández-Jover is the Acting Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga. She is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health at the School of Animal and Veterinary Science at Charles Sturt University. Prof Hernández-Jover has over thirteen years of experience working as a veterinary epidemiologist in Australia. Her main interests and current research focus on biosecurity, disease surveillance and risk analysis methods applied to infectious animal diseases and public health. She completed her PhD in 2006 in Spain on livestock traceability. In 2006, Marta joined the University of Sydney as an Epidemiology research fellow working on traceability, biosecurity, disease surveillance and risk analysis. Marta started at CSU in 2012, where she teaches epidemiology, public health and food safety to veterinary students. She has led and contributed to research on biosecurity and disease surveillance among livestock producers in Australia, investigating implementation of and drivers for engagement with biosecurity and animal health management practices. From January 2017 to September 2018, Dr Hernandez-Jover was the Research Pathway Leader of the Livestock Systems Pathway of the Graham Centre and has been the Acting Director of the Centre since October 2018. Dr Hernandez-Jover has published over 55 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals (orcid.org/0000-0001-8803-9062; https://researchoutput.csu.edu.au/en/persons/marta-hernandez-jover).