Background
I qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Bristol University, UK, in 1988 and initially worked in dairy practice in Cumbria followed by a short period in small animal practice in Birmingham and Derby. I then spent 18 months travelling, trekking and photographing my way around Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
On returning to the UK I worked as a locum and completed a Masters in Ecology before taking a research assistant position with the School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool. This position was based in Cameroon managing a WHO funded drug screening programme for onchocerciasis. While there I developed an interest in epidemiology and in 1998 was awarded a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship in Clinical Tropical Epidemiology.
As part of my fellowship I completed the Masters in Preventive Veterinary Medicine at University of California, Davis, USA and then worked on the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon. After graduation in 2003 I worked as a consultant for the Danish Bacon and Meat Council based at the EpiLab in Denmark working on a risk assessment for exotic disease introduction into the swine industry. I currently hold a position as lecturer in Veterinary Epidemiology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
I continue to work in Africa on the epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease, as well as on aspects of brucellosis, leptospirosis and Q fever. My research and applied interests are in diagnostic test evaluation, risk assessment, disease surveillance and decision support systems.
Recent Publications:
Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C., N. Toft, I. E. Bergmann, K.-J. Sørensen, J. Anderson, V. Malirat, V. N. Tanya and K. L. Morgan (2005). "Use of a latent class model for parameter estimation of 3ABC ELISA tests for foot-and-mouth disease non-structural antibodies." Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology submitted.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d., J. Anderson, P. Hamblin, A. Corteyn, R. P. Kitching, C. Nfon, S. M. Hamman, V. N. Tanya and K. L. Morgan (2005). "Geographical and age stratified distributions of FMDV seropositive and probang positive herds in 2000 in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon." The Veterinary Record in press.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C., A. Renz, V. Tchakoute, V. N. Tanya, E. Ekale and A. J. Trees (2005). "Repeated high doses of avermectins cause prolonged sterilisation, but do not kill, Onchoceca ochengi adult worms in African cattle." Filaria Journal 4: 8.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d., A. Radford, V. N. Tanya, R. P. Kitching and K. L. Morgan (2004). "The molecular epidemiology of foot-and-mouth disease viruses in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 42(5): 2186-2196.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d., K. J. Sørensen, J. Anderson, A. Corteyn, V. N. Tanya, R. P. Kitching and K. L. Morgan (2004). "A comparison of two 3ABC ELISA's in a cattle population with endemic, multiple serotype foot-and-mouth disease." Journal of Clinical Microbiology 42(5): 2108-2114.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C., C. Nfon, S. M. Hamman, V. N. Tanya, R. P. Kitching and K. L. Morgan (2004). "Risk factors for herdsman-reported foot-and-mouth disease in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon." Preventive Veterinary Medicine 66(1-4): 127-139.
Bronsvoort, B. M. d., V. N. Tanya, R. P. Kitching, C. Nfon, S. M. Hamman and K. L. Morgan (2003). "Foot-and-mouth disease and livestock husbandry practices in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon." Tropical Animal Health and Production 35(6): 491-507.