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Curriculum Vitae: JOHN WEAVER MA, Vet MB, MSc (Epidemiology), MACVS, MRCVS

Veterinary epidemiologist, manager regional and national disease control programs and projects including development of livestock policy and strengthening of food safety, veterinary services and ‘One Health’ programs, public-private partnerships and emergency response Current address: 803, Oakwood Apartment, Jalan Lingkar, Mega Kuningan, Jakarta, Indonesia Email: johnweavervet@gmail.com Australia mailing address: 2 Vantage Way, Crafers, Adelaide, South Australia, SA5152 Date of birth: 17.1.1955 Nationality: New Zealand and British

EXPERIENCE

Consultant - Senior Veterinary Adviser, Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jakarta, Indonesia (October 2012 – April 2015)

Programme leader on development of national animal health policy, strategic planning and integrated management, focusing on strengthening national veterinary services to improve animal production, veterinary public health, preparedness and response to emergency transboundary animal diseases (TADs) and emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) in Indonesia. Main activities include:

• Development of national policies and planning for the early detection and response to EIDs, including the development of surveillance guidelines, emergency management and response systems across government and with decentralised agencies

• Development of programmes to increase livestock production by addressing priority endemic diseases including development of policies on surveillance, vaccination livestock identification and traceability

• Coordination with universities and research groups in Indonesia and international development agencies – ACIAR, USAID, AusAID, etc

• Supporting the drafting of enabling animal health legislation • Management, coordination and integration of the complex array of government

veterinary agencies, industry bodies, academic institutions and the private sector • Communication and ‘socialisation’ of animal health priorities and policies • Development of skills in veterinary leadership, strategic planning and management and

communications • Line manager for staff, work programme design and implementation with formal M&E

Team Leader, OIE PVS missions, various countries (2006 – ongoing)

International consultant undertaking OIE PVS (Performance of Veterinary Services) missions and reviews including:

• PVS Evaluation, PVS Gap Analysis and PVS Legislation missions to a number of countries, including Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Cambodia, Philippines, Brunei, Timor Leste; these missions evaluate and develop programmes for strengthening the animal and veterinary public health services addressing all aspects of the national veterinary services, and develop budgets for proposed development plans

• Peer reviewer of PVS missions to countries in Africa, Europe, Middle East and Asia

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• Trainer in PVS evaluations for national veterinary services

Team Leader/Chief Technical Adviser, FAO ECTAD India (February – September 2012)

Team Leader for FAO ECTAD (Emergency Centre for Transboundary Animal Diseases) in India. The primary focus was on the control of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) but activities also covered the prevention, surveillance and control of other transboundary animal diseases (TADs). Main activities included:

• Team management and project delivery – including coordination with government and private sector stakeholders, research groups; development of work plans and management of budgets.

• Developed programme of research priorities with leading laboratories and research institutes in India including WHO, IARI, HSADL and PD-ADMAS

• Coordination with SAARC at a series of regional meetings in India and Nepal; coordination with SAARC countries on surveillance and risk management for HPAI

• Developed and implemented training program across the country for disease surveillance, laboratory diagnosis, outbreak response and risk mitigation/improved biosecurity

• Reviewed surveillance data and prepared reports on the epidemiology of HPAI and the need for modified surveillance and control programmes

• Liaised with health services and the private sector • Provided policy recommendations to Government • Identified opportunities for future animal health programs with international agencies

International Technical Adviser, FAO ECTAD Vietnam (July 2011 – January 2012) Senior adviser for FAO ECTAD in Vietnam working on TADs prevention and control and food safety. Activities included:

• Provided programme and technical leadership for FAO ECTAD in Vietnam on TADs, their prevention and control

• Close liaison with Government providing policy guidance on food safety, risk analysis, surveillance, value chain management including quality assurance and traceability, development of public private partnerships and disease control priorities

• Established regional control initiatives for HPAI with partner agencies • Collaboration with international agencies and research groups

Chief Technical Adviser, VAHIP HPAI Control Project, Vietnam (March 2008 – June 2011)

Project Chief Technical Adviser (recruited by FAO) that provided technical guidance and leadership for a World Bank funded project (Vietnam avian and human influenza control and preparedness project, VAHIP). Main activities included:

• Recruitment, leading and mentoring of a technical team of national and international technical staff

• Promotion of ‘One Health’ concepts with liaison across animal and human health, development of joint training and exercises

• Development of a surveillance program using multiple methodologies including passive reporting, randomized cross sectional surveys, market and aggregation point monitoring and surveillance of cross border poultry trade

• Development of a quality assurance program for safe poultry production and marketing with enterprise identification and livestock traceability

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• Implement a communications and awareness campaign to motivate behaviour change • Trained provincial staff in risk management, emergency response and improved

biosecurity of production and marketing chains • Facilitated and directed research projects with national and international agencies • Directed project activities and project delivery, monitor and evaluate activities against

project plan • Coordinated with international and national agencies and stakeholders

Senior Technical Adviser, FAO HPAI Control Program, Indonesia (March 2006 – March 2008) Senior Technical Adviser for FAO ECTAD in Indonesia focusing on the control of HPAI. Main activities included:

• Development of a national strategic plan for the progressive control of HPAI • Recruitment and management of international and national consultants and staff • Provision of expertise in disease surveillance and control, veterinary epidemiology,

industry development and liaison, livelihood protection and control program management

• Liaison with the private sector and development of a ‘compartmentalisation’ model • Identification of research priorities and development of research projects • Facilitation and coordination of a strengthened laboratory diagnostic system

Manager Disease Surveillance, PIRSA, Australia (August 2000 – March 2006) Manager of the animal disease surveillance unit for South Australia’s animal health department. Main activities included:

• Rebuilding an effective state animal health surveillance programme and compliance with national surveillance programmes

• Establishment of a strong passive surveillance network with private veterinarians, producers and industry, including industry liaison groups

• Participated in national animal health programme and policy development meetings • Emergency response controller for the national ‘Rapid Response Team’ • Managed the establishment of the NLIS (National Livestock Identification System)

programme in South Australia • Established the CAAHnet (Central Australia Animal Health Network) to cover the

extensive pastoral areas of central Australia • Worked closely with Department of Health to collect and collate data on zoonoses,

primarily food borne zoonoses • Assisted in the design of an on-line database, the Primary Industries Information

Management System (PIIMS) • Managed a team of government veterinarians and animal health officers

Research Veterinary Epidemiologist, MAFF, UK (June 1998 – August 2000) Project manager for research into the epidemiology of salmonella in production animals. Main activities included:

• Developed and implemented prevalence studies in dairy cattle and pigs • Conducted longitudinal studies into within-herd epidemiology, and an intervention

study aimed at reducing the prevalence of salmonella infection on dairy farms • Worked with the private sector to build relationships and commitment to change

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• Responsible for the MAFF ‘Zoonosis Database’ Veterinary Consultant, UK (June 97 – July 98)

Consultant to pharmaceutical companies. Main activities included: • Responsible for setting up and monitoring drug trials to Good Clinical Practice

Standards and for product registration. • Provide technical and marketing support company marketing and sales • Preparation and presentation of technical guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures

Other positions held: Practice Manager/Senior Partner, Edgecumbe Veterinary Services, NZ (May 84 – June 97) International Veterinary Adviser, Beecham Animal Health, UK (April 1982 – June 1984); Veterinary Surgeon, Mkushi Farmer’s Co-operative, Zambia (September 1980 – May 1981)

OTHER ACTIVITIES A number of short term consultancies have been undertaken recently including:

• Consultant for New Zealand Aid Project investigating the epidemiology of H5N1 in the Mekong (January 2012)

• Plenary lecturer and workshop coordinator Massey University, NZ, training course for Medical and Veterinary Epidemiologists (December 2010)

• Animal Health Expert, Implementation Completion Review for World Bank HPAI project – Nigeria (October 2010)

• Team Leader Mid Term Review of NZAID project: Surveillance and epidemiology of influenza viruses in the Mekong delta (Dec 2009 – February 2010)

• Reviewer of the HPAI control programme in China – FAO, World Bank (2008) • External examiner Murdoch University (various 2008 - 2009) • Epidemiologist, FAO – Government of Indonesia HPAI strategic planning group,

Indonesia (December 2005) • Epidemiologist, Rapid Antigen Test Evaluation for HPAI, Indonesia (August 2004) • Team Leader for Surveillance Review, AusAID, Indonesia (June 2004) • Field Veterinary Epidemiologist, Foot and Mouth disease, MAFF, UK (April 2001)

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS University

19 1999 MSc Epidemiology - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1997 Diploma in Quantitative Disease Modeling - Oxford University 1980 MA, Vet MB - Cambridge University, qualified for MRCVS 1977 BA Veterinary Medicine - Cambridge University

Assorted other courses on leadership, epidemiology, surveillance and emergency response: 2010/4 Various PVS and PVS Gap analysis reviews and courses, OIE Paris 2007 PVS assessor course, OIE Paris 2005 MACVS (Epidemiology); also mentored a group for membership of the MACVS 2003 Advanced Surveillance Techniques, post-ISVEE, Santiago, Chile 2001/02 Senior Management Course, PIRSA, Australia 2002 Data Handling in Emergency Disease Outbreaks, Massey University, NZ

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PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE PAPERS David Swayne, David Suarez, John Weaver, et al, Antibody Titer Has Positive Predictive Value for Vaccine Protection against Challenge with Natural Antigenic Drift Variants of H5N1 High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Viruses from Indonesia. (in press) Daniels P, Weaver J, et al, Development of Regional Laboratory Networks for Avian Influenza and other Emerging Infectious Disease Control: the Southeast Asian Experience. (in press) Wales A, Weaver J, McLaren I, Smith R, Mueller-Doblies D, Davies R, Survey of salmonella in an integrated pig enterprise. (in press) Weaver J, Leon E, Edan M, d’Alessio F (2013), Initial conclusions of the OIE PVS Gap Analysis studies in developing countries, Rev. sci. tech. Off. int. Epiz., 2012, 31 (2), 631-645 Phan Q, Henry W, Bui CB, Do DH, Hoang NV, Thu NT, Nguyen TT, Le TD, Diep TQ, Inui K, Weaver J, Carrique-Mas J (2012), Detection of HPAI H5N1 viruses in ducks sampled from live bird markets in Vietnam. Epidemiology and Infection Mueller-Doblies, D., McLaren, I., Weaver, J. & Davies, R. H. (2011) A study of the distribution of Salmonella serovars in an integrated pig company. Proc 9th Int Conf on the Epidemiology and Control of biological, Maastricht, Netherlands, 19-22 June. Indriani R, Samaan G, Gultom A, Loth L, Indryani S, Adjid R, Dhammayanti N, Weaver J, Mumford E, Lokuge K, Kelly P, Darminto (2010), Environmental sampling for avian influenza virus A (H5N1) in live-bird markets, Indonesia. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16:12 Weaver JP, Loth L, Samaan G (2010), Monitoring market hygiene and infection status, Global Biosecurity, Brisbane Australia Weaver JP, Tran Anh Tuan, Grandison P (2010), Issues and design challenges in building a biosecure live bird market in Hanoi, Global Biosecurity, Brisbane Eagles D, Siregar ES, Dung DH, Weaver JP, Wong F, Daniels P (2008), H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in Southeast Asia, OIE Review Clift KH, Weaver JP (2006), Investigating a suspected emergency disease outbreak, ISVEE 11 Cairns Clift KH, Weaver JP (2006), Rebuilding a surveillance program, ISVEE 11, Cairns, Australia Boland P, Weaver JP (2006), Field use of rapid antigen tests for AI, ISVEE 11, Cairns, Australia Davison HC, Weaver JP et al (2005), Prevalence, incidence and geographical distribution of serovars of salmonella on dairy farms in England and Wales, Vet Rec 157, 703-711 Weaver J, Edmunds G, Cameron A (2004), HPAI Surveillance in Indonesia, AusAID Weaver JP, (2003), PIIMS – Developing an Integrated Database for Animal Health, ISVEE 10 Weaver JP, (2000), Salmonella DT104: Dairy Herd Cohort Study, MAFF OZ0135 Weaver JP, (1999), Salmonella DT104: Risk Factors for Dairy Herds, MAFF OZ0135 Weaver JP, Evans SJ, (2000), Salmonella DT104: Dairy Herd Prevalence Study, MAFF OZ0135

PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY Visionary, innovative, an excellent communicator with the ability to build and sustain strong teams. I revel in new environments, motivated by new and complex challenges, develop strong personal networks and use participatory approaches to problem solving and to gain commitment. I seek to excel technically and set the highest standards for all work undertaken. I believe in the critical importance of veterinary public health and the need to build capacity within developed and developing countries. I have excellent communications skills, am able to write clearly and concisely, and to give well-planned and focused formal and informal oral presentations and deliver effective training programmes.