Dewulf Jeroen

Biography

I graduated in 1998 as a veterinarian from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ghent University, Belgium and immediately started working as researcher at the Herd health department of the faculty. In 2002 I finished my PhD on the epidemiology and control of classical swine fever. In that same year I received a master of science degree in veterinary epidemiology and economics from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands (Cum Laude). I became diplomat in the European College of Veterinary Public Health in 2005.  In 2006 I was appointed as associated professor in Veterinary Epidemiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ghent University. In 2014 I was appointed as full professor in Veterinary Epidemiology. My main research interests are quantitative epidemiology and control of zoonoses with a specific emphasis on antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial use in animal production as well as the prevention of epidemic and endemic diseases with a focus on the application of biosecurity measures. 

Research Interest

My research consists predominantly of organising large field studies and conducting diseases modelling and risk assessment. I'm the head of the Veterinary Epidemiology Unit and I'm supervising over 12 PhD students who are doing research in the field of veterinary epidemiology. I'm (co-)author of over 240 A1 publications in the field of veterinary epidemiology with a H-index of 26.  I'm also the principal author of the annual Belgian report on antimicrobial consumption in animals (BelVetSac) and is member of the European Surveillance on Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) network. Since 2009 I'm a member of the scientific committee of the Belgian federal food Agency and I'm the founder and chair of board of the centre of expertise on antimicrobial use and resistance in animals (AMCRA) in Belgium. Since October 2015 i'm president of the European College of Veterinary Public Health