Sarah Cleaveland | |
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.jpg) Cleaveland in 2016 | |
| Born | 1960 or 1961 (age 63–64) Malaysia[3] |
| Alma mater | (PhD) |
| Awards | Leeuwenhoek Lecture (2018) Frink Medal (2016) |
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| Institutions | University of Glasgow |
| Thesis | The epidemiology of rabies and canine distemper in the Serengeti, Tanzania (1996) |
| Doctoral students | Anna Louise Meredith[2] |
| Website | www |
Sarah Cleaveland (born 1960 or 1961[3]) is aveterinary surgeon and Professor of Comparative Epidemiology at theUniversity of Glasgow.[1]
Cleaveland obtained aBachelor of Veterinary Medicine (VetMB) degree from theUniversity of Cambridge in 1988 followed by aPhD from theLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in 1996[4] for research oncanine distemper andrabies in theSerengeti ofTanzania. During this time she was apostgraduate student at theInstitute of Zoology inRegent's Park supervised by Chris Dye, Steve Albon and James Kirkwood.[4]
She subsequently worked at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine,University of Edinburgh, before moving on to theUniversity of Glasgow in 2008 where she is a professor at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine and a member of the Boyd Orr Centre for Population and Ecosystem Health.[5][6] A large part of Cleaveland's research has focused on the epidemiology ofzoonotic diseases in northernTanzania, includingrabies. Her work has involved the initiation of mass rabies vaccination programmes for domestic dogs in the Serengeti, which has not only indirectly prevented hundreds of human deaths, but also protected wildlife species such as the endangeredAfrican wild dog.[6]
Her research[1][7][8] has been funded by theBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and theMedical Research Council (MRC).[7][9] Her former doctoral students includeAnna Louise Meredith.[2]
Cleaveland was the first woman to be awarded theBritish Veterinary Association Trevor Blackburn Award in 2008 in recognition of her work on animal and humaninfectious diseases in Africa.[10] She was a founding director of the Alliance for Rabies Control, whose mission is to prevent human deaths caused by infection with therabies virus and reduce the burden of this disease in animals.[11] She was elected aFellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh[12] (FRSE) in 2012, elected to theNational Academy of Medicine (USA) in October 2015,[13] and elected aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016.[14]
She was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the2014 Birthday Honours for services toveterinary epidemiology.[15]
In 2018, Cleaveland was awarded theLeeuwenhoek Lecture by theRoyal Society for "her pioneering work towards the eradication of rabies throughout the world".[16]
In 2020, Cleaveland was awarded theGeorge Macdonald Medal.[citation needed]
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