Chair, Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases (SAC-ED)
Professor Rowland Kao
Biography
Rowland Kao was appointed chair of Defra’s Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases (SAC-ED) subgroup in January 2018. He was reappointed in July 2021 for 3 years.
Defra’s Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases (SAC-ED) subgroup is a subgroup of Defra’s Science Advisory Council (SAC).
Rowland is professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Data Science at University of Edinburgh. He trained as a physicist and his research interests include disease ecology, epidemiology, social network analysis, and statistical inference and on process models, including the exploitation of very large datasets to understand and control infectious diseases.