Emeritus Professor John Edwards
BSc (Agric), BVSc, MVS, PhD, Grad Cert Pub Sector Management, MACVSc.
Professor John Edwards is an Emeritus Professor at Murdoch University and former Dean of the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (2004-9). He was Co-Chair for the Second Murdoch Commission on Food Security, Trade and Partnerships during 2014/15. He is a former member of the University Senate. He is currently a member of the Audit and Risk Committee and a Director of the Board of Murdoch Singapore Pte Ltd.
Professor Edwards has been consulting with international organisations as Executive Director of ‘One Health Solutions’ since 2010 and worked extensively in Asia. From 2012-2015 he worked in China for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) as its Coordinator for the Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases (ECTAD) and in 2016/17 Prof Edwards participated in an evaluation of FAO’s Global EMPRES Program. Since 2018 he has also been an Executive Consultant with Ausvet a global epidemiology consulting company.
Professor Edwards has a long association with Singapore and was member of an international advisory committee for the former Agri-food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore. He also has been active in Myanmar since 2001.
Professor Edwards is well known in international circles and has considerable experience in training, research and consulting in the fields of animal health, public health, epidemiology, biosecurity, food security, food safety and veterinary education.