Timothée Vergne

Tim graduated from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse in 2009. After having completed a Master of Science on Epidemiology and Animal Health in Tropical Regions, he undertook a PhD (2009-2012) at the University of Paris XI on the use of capture-recapture methods for evaluating quantitatively animal health surveillance systems. He then joined the VEEPH group at the Royal Veterinary College (London, United Kingdom, 2012-2016) to study the transmission of infectious diseases, including African swine fever, highly pathogenic avian influenza, bovine tuberculosis and foot-and-mouth disease. In 2016, he joined the MIVEGEC group at the Institute of Research for Development (Montpellier, France) to unravel the spatial spread of the chikungunya virus during the unprecedented epidemic in the Martinique Island. Since 01 January 2018, Tim holds a lectureship position on veterinary public health at the National Veterinary School of Toulouse.

Tim's primary research interests include the understanding of detection and transmission processes of infectious diseases of humans and animals using statistical and mathematical modelling tools, in order to optimize the way infectious diseases are managed. Currently, Tim is involved in several collaborative research projects on highly pathogenic avian influenza, bovine tuberculosis and African swine fever to optimise their control strategies.

At undergraduate level, Tim teaches legislation, notifiable infectious diseases of animals and how to monitor and control them. Tim teaches advanced epidemiology (including infectious disease modelling) at Master level, notably in a program organised by ENVT (GIMAT master program). Tim is also involved in the organisation of the official course that all veterinary practitioners need to attend should they want to obtain their sanitairy certification and contribute to the fight against notifiable diseases (vaccination, prophylaxis, culling, etc.). Finally, as part of an online course on Veterinary Public Health coordinated by the National School of Veterinary Services, Tim is responsible for the development of an online module dedicated to epidemiological surveillance.