Board of directors
UK (Alliance for Rabies Control) Board:
Dr. Deborah Briggs - Executive Director
US Global Alliance for Rabies Control Board:
Dr. Deborah Briggs - Executive Director
Board Member Biographies:
Dr Deborah Briggs
Dr. Deborah Briggs is an adjunct professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. She has contributed to the World Health Organization expert consultation on rabies.
Her interests focus on veterinary and human diagnostics, laboratory quality assurance, educational awareness, and emerging infectious diseases.
Dr Ray Butcher
Dr. Butcher is a veterinarian in a companion animal practice in Upminster, Essex, UK. He is a Past President of both the British and European Small Animal Veterinary Associations, and is currently a Veterinary Advisor and Board Member of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).
His main area of work in this context relates to aspects of humane control of stray animals.
Dr Sarah Cleaveland
Dr. Sarah Cleaveland is a Professor of Comparative Epidemiology, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow, UK.
Over the past 15 years, her research work has concentrated on understanding the dynamics, impacts and implications of infections in natural ecosystems, with a focus on diseases in tropical countries.
Dr Julie Gallagher
Dr. Julie Gallagher is a General Practitioner at a busy teaching practice in Edinburgh.
She has a special interest in Travel Medicine and is on chairperson of the British Travel Health Association. Dr. Galllagher also holds membership of the Faculty of Travel Medicine and is a member of the International Society of Travel Medicine.
She has broad "in the field" travel medicine experience, having worked for a variety of charities taking groups to rural Africa and India for community development projects.
Dr Karen Laurenson
Dr. Karen Laurenson is a wildlife epidemiologist and conservationist, who worked as a Lecturer in Wildlife Epidemiology, carrying out research in Ethiopia on the impact of rabies on Ethiopian wolves and domestic dogs.
She is currently working for an international Conservation NGO, Frankfurt Zoological Society implementing conservation projects in Africa but maintains academic interests in applied research on zoonotic diseases.
Dr Abdul Rahman
Dr. S. Abdul Rahman is the former Dean of Veterinary College, Bangalore, the Vice President of Rabies in Asia Foundation (RIA), and a founder member of Association for Control and Prevention of Rabies in India(APCRI).
He has worked closely with WHO Regional Office for South East Asia in various programs involving rabies control. At present, he is the Secretary of the Commonwealth Veterinary Association, which has a membership of 53 Commonwealth Countries of the world.
He is a member of the International Council of Compassion in World Farming UK, and is the co-opted member of the Animal Welfare Board of India. He is actively engaged Animal Welfare and has organized many national and international seminars on Animal Welfare in India. He has with joint collaboration between CVA and WSPA conceptualized the Concepts of Animal Welfare to be included as part of the Veterinary curriculum in India. He is a member of the OIE Working Group on Animal Welfare and member of OIE ad hoc Group on Dog Population Control.
Mr Dan Hoffman
Accountant, Pottberg, Gassman & Hoffman
Dr Bob Dedmon
Dr. Dedmon is a board-certified internist and occupational health physician. He is former medical director of Kimberly-Clark Corp.
His interest in rabies comes from his extensive travel for his employer, including a chance meeting with Professor Henry Wilde in Bangkok (Chulalongkorn University), who encouraged him to get involved. He 'retired' in 1997, but remains active in the areas of global public health, travel medicine, and rabies prevention.
Mr. Kim Doyle
Mr. Doyle is an administrator of a Swiss foundation. He led the World Economic Forum's marketing activities before developing programs for a US foundation, created by the United Nations Development Program.
He has spent the last seven years advising and building non-profit organisations and programs across the world.
Board Observer (UK):
Dr François Meslin
Head of Zoonotic diseases, World Health Organization
