Erik Ågren, Veterinary Officer, DVM, Dipl. ECVP, EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary Pathology DipECZM (Wildlife Population Health) - Working with wildlife health from a governmental agency perspective: unique opportunities and challenges
Erik is a wildlife pathologist working for 20 years with the national wildlife disease surveillance program in Sweden, with both a general disease surveillance as well as multiple targeted surveillances regarding wildlife species and involved in various relevant research studies with samples and data collected systematically within the surveillance program. Another interest is building networks with citizen science based surveillance and communicating results to a broader audience. Reindeer diseases and zoo animal pathology are other areas of interest. Involvement in WDA as chair of the Nordic section for 10 years, and vice president of EWDA 4 years, and now EWDA Newsletter editor and member of council.
Henrik Uhlhorn, Veterinary Officer, DVM, PhD -News from the North- current wildlife health issues in Sweden
Henrik is a wildlife pathologist working for 20 years with the national wildlife disease surveillance program in Sweden, with both general disease surveillance as well as multiple targeted surveillances regarding wildlife species, involved in various relevant research studies with samples and data collected systematically within the surveillance program. Director, appointed by the Board of Agriculture, for experiments in wild animals at SVA. Special interest in zoonotic wildlife diseases. Involvement in WDA as council member and treasurer for the Nordic section for 10 years.
Aleksija Neimanis, DVM, MSc, MVetSci, PhD, Dipl AVCP -Expanding the scope: Setting up an integrated health and disease surveillance program for marine mammals in Sweden
Aleksija Neimanis is a wildlife pathologist at the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) in Sweden where she is responsible for the Research and Development section at the Department of Pathology and Wildlife Diseases. While studying harbour porpoises in Canada, she became interested in wildlife health. This led her to pursue veterinary training and post-graduate studies in wildlife health and pathology. Aleksija has worked with national wildlife health surveillance programs in Canada and now Sweden for the past 15 years. She is a member of the EWDA Network Committee for Wildlife Health Surveillance, assistant editor for the Journal of Wildlife Diseases and was Chair of the Nordic section of the Wildlife Disease Association for 4 years. Her research interests include infectious diseases of wildlife, lagoviruses and marine mammal health.
Jasmine Stavenow, BSc MSc Biologist, Ecology and Conservation Biology -Networks, communication and outreach: examples to help improve wildlife health surveillance in Sweden
Jasmine graduated from Uppsala University in 2016, and in her master thesis project she studied grey seal behaviour in relation to fishing technology, through the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Thereafter she worked with scientific public outreach, teaching, and aquatic field work before starting at the National Veterinary Institute in 2018, working with the health and disease surveillance of large carnivores. In 2019 she started working with necropsies and data from marine mammals, and now she is primarily constructing, developing and executing the national health and disease surveillance program for marine mammals in Sweden. Jasmines primary interests are ecology and behaviour of marine mammals, and the relation to anthropogenic impacts. She has a strong interest in multi-disciplinary research and new technologies.