Dr Jane Gibbens

Dr Jane Gibbens was appointed to ACMSF in 2019. She is a consultant veterinary epidemiologist with extensive experience in providing advice to enable veterinary policy making and development, and in the design, implementation and analysis of disease surveillance and control protocols. She formerly worked for Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency, most recently as Head of the Bovine TB Epidemiology Assessment Centre, and Head of the Epidemiology and Risk Group. Her focus has been on bovine tuberculosis, statutory diseases exotic to the UK and scanning veterinary surveillance. She also has skills in leadership, project management and university teaching (Veterinary Epidemiology MSc and veterinary undergraduate degree).