Principal areas of research
Biography Brian Perry graduated as a vet from Edinburgh University in 1969. After a period in general veterinary practice in the UK, he specialised in tropical veterinary medicine (gaining a Diploma of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and later a Master of Science, both from Edinburgh University). He then spent 10 years working in Ethiopia, Colombia and Zambia on animal disease control projects supported by the British Ministry of Overseas Development (now the Department for International Development (DFID)) and by the FAO. In 1982 he was recruited as the veterinary epidemiologist to the newly created Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. There he initiated courses in veterinary epidemiology, protozoology, public health and tropical animal diseases, and conducted research into Potomac horse fever, rabies and improving animal health information systems. In 1985 he was awarded tenure at the University and promoted to Associate Professor. In 1987 he was awarded a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery by Edinburgh University. In 1987 he returned to Africa as the veterinary epidemiologist at the International Laboratory for Research on Animal Diseases (ILRAD), Nairobi, Kenya, where he led the newly created Epidemiology and Socioeconomics Programme. His research initially focussed on the dynamics, impact and control of the tick and tsetse-transmitted infections of African livestock. ILRAD became ILRI in 1995, and his research expanded to include other diseases, contexts and continents. Brian has published more than 250 scientific articles in refereed journals, books and proceedings. He is a past Chairman of the International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, and for 15 years was on the editorial board for Preventive Veterinary Medicine, the journal for veterinary epidemiology and economics. He has consulted to projects in many countries, including Australia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Peru, Uruguay, Egypt, Mozambique, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, India, Thailand, Philippines and Laos. He has served on expert committees of the FAO and the World Health Organisation. He designs and facilitates strategic planning workshops, and has exploited the use of filmed probing interviews as a science communication tool. He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1995 for "meritorious contributions to learning in the field of veterinary epidemiology". In 2002 he was appointed OBE for "services to veterinary science in developing countries". In 2004 he won the International Outstanding Scientist Award from the Washington-based CGIAR.
Research
Key Publications Perry, B.D. and Sones, K.R. (Editors) (2007). Global Roadmap for Improving the Tools to Control Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Endemic Settings. Report of a workshop held at Agra, India, 29 November –1 December 2006, and subsequent Roadmap outputs. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya, 88 pp. and CD-ROM. Thomson, G.R., Perry, B.D., Catley, A., Leyland, T.J., Penrith, M.-L., Donaldson, A.I. (2006). Certification for regional and international trade in livestock commodities: the need to balance credibility and enterprise. Veterinary Record, 159, 53-57. Perry, B., Randolph, T., Omore, A., Perera, O. and Vatta, A. (2005). Improving the health of livestock kept by the resource-poor in developing countries. In: Livestock and Wealth Creation: Improving the husbandry of animals kept by resource-poor people in developing countries (Editors E Owen, A Kitalyi, N Jayasuriya and T Smith), Nottingham University Press, Nottingham, UK, pp. 233- 262. Perry, B.D., McDermott, J.J. and Randolph, T.F. (2004). Control of infectious diseases: making appropriate decisions in different epidemiological and socio-economic conditions In: Infectious Diseases of Livestock, Volume 1, Editors J.A.W. Coetzer and R.C. Tustin, Oxford University Press, Cape Town, 178-224. Perry, B.D. and Randolph, T.F. (2004). Integrated epidemiology and economics modelling for the management of animal health. In: Control of Infectious Animal Diseases by Vaccination, Developments in Biologicals, (Editors A. Schudel, M. Lombard), Basel, Karger, 119, 389 – 402. Perry, B.D., Randolph, T.F., Ashley, S., Chimedza, R., Forman, T., Morrison, J., Poulton, C., Sibanda, L., Stevens, C., Tebele, N., Yngstrom, I. (2003). The impact and poverty reduction implications of foot and mouth disease control in southern Africa, with special reference to Zimbabwe. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya, 137 pp. and CD-ROM. Perry, B.D. and Randolph, T.F. (2003). The economics of foot and mouth disease, its control and its eradication. In: Foot and mouth disease control strategies (Editors B. Bodet & M. Vicari), Elsevier SAS, Paris, 23-41. Randolph, T.F., Perry, B.D., Benigno, C.C., Santos, I.J., Agbayani, A.L., Coleman, P., Webb, R., Gleeson, L.J. (2002). The economic impact of foot and mouth disease and its control in the Philippines. OIE Scientific and Technical Revue, 21, 645-661. Perry, B.D., Randolph, T.F., McDermott, J.J., Sones, K.R. and Thornton, P.K. (2002). Investing in Animal Health Research to Alleviate Poverty. International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya, 140 pp plus CD-ROM. Coleman, P. G., Perry, B.D. & Woolhouse, M.E.G. (2001). Endemic stability: a veterinary idea applied to human public health. The Lancet. 357, 1284-1286. Perry, B.D., (Editor), (1999) The economics of animal disease control. OIE Scientific and Technical Revue, Special Edition, 18, (2), 561 pp. Perry, B.D. and Randolph, T.F. (1999). Improving the assessment of the economic impact of parasitic diseases in production animals. Veterinary Parasitology , 84, 143-166. Perry, B.D., Kalpravidh, W., Coleman, P.G., Horst, H.S., McDermott, J.J., Randolph, T.F. and Gleason, L.J. (1999). The economic impact of foot and mouth disease and its control in South East Asia: a preliminary assessment with special reference to Thailand. In: The Economics of Animal Disease Control, (Editor B.D. Perry), O.I.E. Scientific and Technical Revue, 18 (2), 478-497. Norval, R.A.I., Perry, B.D. and Young, A.S. (1992). The Epidemiology of Theileriosis in Africa. Academic Press, London, 481 pp. |
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