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Dr
Ian Brown
Director of OIE/FAO/EU international reference laboratory for Avian
Influenza and Newcastle Disease. Head of Avian Virology and Mammalian Influenza,
VLA-Weybridge, United Kingdom Ian Brown is a designated OIE expert on Avian
influenza and Newcastle Disease and member of the OFFLU laboratory network. He
provides consultancy at both national and international level on these diseases,
specialising in laboratory applications and their relevance to disease control.
He has acquired a wide experience in Virology in over 30 years, primarily working
on viral infections of poultry and pigs in both diagnostic and research laboratories.
His team of 40 persons carry out diagnosis, surveillance and active programmes
of research for avian virus diseases with strong emphasis on AI. In the role of
an international reference laboratory they are proactively involved in provision
of laboratory services to third countries including supply of reagents, expertise,
and training. He and his team undertake research into the epidemiology, pathogenicity,
transmission and control of influenza in animal hosts. It was for research into
swine influenza that he gained his PhD in 1996. He has been active in developing
formal European networks on swine influenza together with many associated international
activities. He formally represents VLA on working groups concerned with international
interaction between FAO, OIE and WHO. He has provided support to global initiatives
and workshops through FAO/OIE/EU including membership of international missions
on AI at the invitation of national governments. As a member of working groups
of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Welfare of the EU and as director
of the EU community reference laboratory he has contributed to the preparation
of scientific reports published by the EU commission and EFSA on these diseases.
In addition, he is a member of the ACMSF Avian influenza working group. Since
1998 he has been invited to give over 90 presentations all over the world, principally
on influenza and has authored 140 publications predominantly on influenza. | |
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