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Hi I'm
Dr Geoff Foster
- Position: Functional Manager Microbiology
- Location: Highlands and Islands
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Expertise:
- Livestock and Fishing
- Climate, Environment and Wildlife
I am an experienced microbiologist working in the veterinary field with a committed One Health outlook. I'm primarily based in Inverness. I have extensive experience of microbiology of farm, companion, zoo and wildlife animals as well as their interactions with humans and other animal species.
My broad background includes working/training in other fields including public health, food and plant microbiology. Since 2011, I have managed the Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance activity of the Scottish Government’s Veterinary and Advisory Service Programme.
I sit on several Scottish and UK committees on zoonoses and antimicrobial resistance and I am a sitting member of the International Sub-Committee for the Taxonomy of Brucella. I am also curator of an extensive culture bank of field isolates from animals collected over the last 30+ years.
One of my top priorities is extensive collaboration with microbiologists and vets from the UK, Europe and North America. I have published over 130 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and textbook contributions and I have given numerous presentations at national and international meetings.
Areas of expertise and interests
- Livestock and Fishing
- Climate, Environment and Wildlife
I'm currently working on
- management of the Scottish Government Veterinary Advisory Services Programme on Zoonoses and Antimicrobial Resistance
- ongoing surveillance of antibiotic resistance in healthy Scottish livestock presenting at abattoirs – ongoing since 2017
- provision of annual antimicrobial resistance data to Scottish and UK annual veterinary antimicrobial surveillance reports
- Klebsiella and Raoultella in animals
- validation of novel bacteria from animals
My professional highlights
- Member of the Scottish One Health Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance (SONAAR) Oversight and Advisory Group
- Member of the Defra Antimicrobial Resistance Committee, the Scottish Gastro-intestinal and Zoonoses Group and the Scottish Public Health Microbiology Group
- Meeting Secretary for the Scottish Microbiology Association
- Editorial Advisor to Journal of Comparative Pathology
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