Associate Professor Jenny-Ann Toribio
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Associate Professor Jenny-Ann Toribio

BVSc (Hons), PhD, MANZCVS, MEd(Higher Education)
Associate Professor in Epidemiology
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+61 2 9351 1618
Associate Professor Jenny-Ann Toribio

Professional objective

To contribute to securing human and animal health in Australasia and the Pacific through conduct of epidemiological research and through education of veterinarians who serve society in clinical, research and regulatory roles.

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Jenny-Ann graduated in veterinary science from the University of Queensland (UQ) in 1989 with First Class Honours. She worked in mixed and small animal veterinary practices in Broken Hill, Melbourne and Brisbane prior to completing a PhD in veterinary epidemiology and livestock production at UQ in 1999. The PhD based in The Philippines investigating smallholder pig management, production and health was the start of her research on smallholder livestock systems in developing countries.

After completing postdoctoral work at UQ, Jenny-Ann was appointed in 2002 as the inaugural Lecturer in Epidemiology in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at The University of Sydney. She developed the new curriculum in epidemiology for veterinary students in the BVSc and was integral to the establishment of the postgraduate Masters coursework program Veterinary Public Health Management/Veterinary Public Health. Jenny-Ann was the Academic Supervisor for this program for 10 years. From 2003 to 2018, the program trained animal health professionals employed by a variety of government, non-government and international agencies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and throughout the region.

In recent years, Jenny-Ann has developed components of the DVM curriculum that contribute to the following hallmark features of The University of Sydney Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM): Gradation of veterinarians with a global perspective, that are evidence-based practitioners, and that have experience with conduct of research and with the contributions of the veterinary profession to society beyond clinical practice. Further Jenny-Ann has contributed to ensuring the standard of epidemiological skills among veterinary colleagues attaining Membership in the Epidemiology Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists.

Jenny-Ann has predominantly conducted applied research focused on biosecurity, emergency animal diseases and zoonoses in Australia, Indonesia, Philippines and Timor Leste.

Recent research of note in Australia includes evaluation of avian influenza risk for commercial chicken farms in New South Wales and risk awareness and risk mitigation practices among horse owners in relation to Hendra virus. Further afield, she has led collaborative research in eastern Indonesia onthe evaluation of the risk for highly pathogenic avian influenza and classical swine fever with poultry and pig movement respectively; in Timor Leste on smallholder pig production and health; and in Fiji on evaluation of zoonotic tuberculosis risk for dairy farmers.

Smallholder livestock production systems in developing countries.

Biosecurity practices of pig and poultry producers and horse owners in Australia.

Biosecurity and transboundary animal disease transmission in Indonesia and Timor Leste.

Evaluation of approaches to teaching epidemiology and veterinary public health.

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

VETS6408 Public, Industry & Community

VETS6301 Veterinary Public Practice

VETS6207 Research & enquiry 2B

VETS6203 Research & enquiry 2A

VETS6106 Professional skills 1B

VETS6101 The Veterinary Professional 1

Advisor for DVM Year 3 Research & enquiry projects

2018

A survey of attitudes toward vaccinations of dog and cat owners in suburbs of Sydney

Critically appraised topic comparing lameness between group-housed sows on rubber-covered floors and group housed sows on concrete floors

2017

Investigation to identify non-bovine reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis in mongoose in Fiji: Post-mortem findings

PRIMARY SUPERVISOR - POSTGRADUTE RESEARCH

Alipio De Almeida (MPhil)– Productivity and health of traditionally raised pigs in Baucau and Bobonaro Municipalities of Timor-Leste

Isabel MacPhillamy (PhD)– Animal health surveillance systems in Laos and Cambodia

Sandra Steele (PhD)- Knowledge, attitudes and practices of Australian general practitioners and veterinarians with respect to emerging diseases and zoonoses

COMPLETED

2018

Esther Kimaro (PhD) – Cattle vector-borne disease occurrence and management and climate change experiences in pastoral communities in Northern Tanzania

Angela Scott (PhD) – Avian influenza risk assessment for the Australian commercial chicken industry

Abrao Pereira (MVS)- Assessing production and profitability of cocoa-goat mixed farming enterprise in West Sulawesi, Indonesia

Caitlin Holley (MVPHMgt)- Trends in the swine industry in Asia and potential considerations for transboundary swine diseases

Marisa Mitchell (MHealthSecurity)- Exploring the challenges to investigating antibiotic resistance along the pork-value-chain in Viet Nam and the benefits of the One Health approach

2015

Elva Borja (MVPHMgt) – Retrospective study on bovine tuberculosis in the cattle population of Fiji

2014

Ana Mustiana (MPhil)– Assessment of the risk for rabies introduction and establishment in Lombok, Indonesia

2013

Edwina Leslie (PhD) - Pig movements across eastern Indonesia and associated risk of classical swine fever transmission

Sophie Constable (PhD)- Knowledge sharing, education and training to enhance dog health initiatives in remote Indigenous communities

2012

Hayley Pearson (PhD) - Understanding and mitigating the risk of pathogen transmission from wild animals to domestic pigs in Australia

2010

Peter White (PhD) – Epidemiology of acorn calf disease in Australia

2009

Sam Hamilton (PhD) - Simulating the transmission and control of high pathogenicity avian influenza in the Australian poultry industries

Debbie Eagles (MVPHMgt) - A Qualitative Risk Assessment for the Entry of H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza onto Sector 3 Poultry Farms in Bali, Indonesia

2008

Navneet Dhand (PhD)- Studies on the epidemiology of Ovine Johne’s Disease

2007

Richard Shephard (PhD) - The development of a syndromic surveillance system for the extensive beef cattle producing regions of Australia

2006

Russell Bush (PhD)- The biological and financial impact of Ovine Johne’s Disease in Australia

Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists

Australasian Epidemiological Association

Society of Risk Analysis

Project titleResearch student
Viruses the Simbu serogroup in AustraliaTiffany O'CONNOR

Publications

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Selected Grants

2023

  • Fellowship training for field veterinarians, Toribio J, CSIRO - Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness/Research Grant

2020

  • Strengthening Veterinary Workforce in Asia-Pacific for Infectious Disease Detection and Response Vet-APIDDaR, Dhand N, Burgess A, Toribio J, Brookes V, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Federal)/Research Support
  • Improved animal health surveillance in Timor-Leste, Toribio J, Hick P, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)/Research and Development Programs (R&D Programs)