
Kristina Osbjer, M.Sc, DVM, PhD
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Biography
Holds a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree and a PhD in Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health. International experience from work in research, capacity strengthening and policy support across One Health, antimicrobial resistance, agrifood systems, and zoonotic and transboundary disease prevention, preparedness, and control, including in low- and middle-income settings. EXPERIENCE Director of Science 01/2025 - Current International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Denmark
Senior Science Advisor: Veterinary Sciences 06/2022 – 12/2024 International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Denmark Consultant as Technical Specialist for Animal Health 05/2020 - 12/2022 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), part time home based Researcher and Coordinator for AMR 10/2019 - 06/2022 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden International Team Leader 09/2016 - 07/2019 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Cambodia Project coordinator and PhD-student 02/2011 - 08/2016 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden Technical Officer/Associate Professional Officer 10/2009 - 11/2009 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Kenya and Laos Veterinarian 01/2006 - 08/2007 Swedish Board of Agriculture, Sweden EDUCATION Ph.D. : Clinical Sciences (Veterinary Epidemiology and Veterinary Public Health), February 2011 - August 2016 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden Thesis: Zoonoses in Rural Cambodia – A One Health Perspective on Influenza and Campylobacter M.Sc, DVM : Veterinary Medicine, August 1999 - January 2006 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden ACADERMIC ASSIGNMENT AND SUPERVISION Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa from March 2024 Examiner for multiple master students at the DVM program at SLU, 2020-2022 Department representative in the Faculty Board of Equal Opportunities 2013-2016 and PhD student representative in the Faculty Research School ‘Domestic Animals in a Changing World' 2014-2015