Personal Statement
Siobhan is an interdisciplinary researcher and epidemiologist with a dual background in veterinary medicine and public health. Her research intersects with the areas of global health security and tropical medicine, often (but not exclusively) from a One Health perspective.

A Fellow of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM), Siobhan has held academic appointments at Tufts University School of Medicine in the US (Assistant Professor, 2009-2011), The University of Sydney School of Veterinary Medicine in Australia (Senior Lecturer, 2012-2018) and the University of Liverpool Institute for Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences in the UK (Professor, 2018 to present). She holds a joint appointment with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and was based full-time in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 2018 to 2024. She is now based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Siobhan leads the Global Health Research Group on Zoonotic Causes of Acute Febrile Illness which aims to create a step change in the way fever is diagnosed and managed in children in sub-Saharan Africa. She is a recognised leader in advancing One Health approaches, focusing on capacity building and translating theoretical frameworks into practical applications, particularly within the African context. Her operational expertise and contributions over the last 15 years include serving as: global health advisor for the RESPOND project (part of USAID’s Emerging Pandemic Threats program) which aimed to strengthen capacity for response to emerging diseases in disease “hotspots”; Research Lead for the Ethiopia hub of the HORN project which aimed to strengthen capacity for One Health research in the Horn of Africa region; as ILRI-PI for the HEAL project which aims to strengthen human-animal-rangeland health service delivery in pastoralist areas of Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia; and country coordinator for Ethiopia and Somalia for the COHESA project which aims to increase uptake and adoption of One Health solutions in eastern and southern Africa.