Kim Picozzi

Biography

I am involved with a number of different modalities of teaching. I am the Director for the online postgraduate programmes in 'Global Health and Infectious Diseases' and' Global Health Studies' and also the undergraduate course organiser for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. In addition to taught our taught postgraduate programmes, I am also the Programme Director for the MSc by Research that focusses upon Infectious Diseases. This research degree involves a 9 month placement within one of the research groups from 'Edinburgh Infectious Diseases'.

Research Interest

Neglected zoonoses are very important, increasingly so within the One Health Agenda. Methods for assessment and control of these endemic disease are crucial if we are to achieve the ambitions of the Millennium Development Goals. Theses disease affects the rural poor, causing morbidity and mortality within the human population and reducing productivity of their animals.