Dr. Mo Salman, DVM, MPVM, PhD, DACVPM, FACE, Hon. Dipl. AVOHS, is a distinguished professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University (CSU) and the founder and director of the Animal Population Health Institute within the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. With over 40 years of experience, Dr. Salman has an extensive educational background in veterinary medicine (BVMS), preventive veterinary medicine (MPVM), and comparative pathology (PhD). He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM), a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology (ACE), and an Honorary Diplomate of the American Veterinary One Health Society (AVOHS).
Dr. Salman’s research specializes in surveillance and survey methodologies for animal diseases and veterinary public health, with a focus on infectious diseases and zoonoses. He is the editor of the 2003 book Animal Disease Surveillance and Survey Systems: Methods and Applications. Over the past 30 years, he has led training sessions and workshops in epidemiology, surveillance, disease management, and risk assessment, sponsored by various local, national, and international organizations.
Dr. Salman has made significant contributions to stabilizing and reconstructing national animal and public health programs in countries such as Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Mexico, East Africa, Georgia, Turkey, and Armenia. He has worked to enhance technical human infrastructure and border security to mitigate the spread of human and animal diseases. Additionally, he has advised on plans to build national biosecurity for animal health and develop public health strategies in Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Georgia, Armenia, and Kuwait.
Dr. Salman served as chair of the initial WOAH (formerly OIE) committee that established guidelines for BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) country status and was a member of the first European Union committee assessing BSE geographical risks among EU and non-EU nations.
From 2009 to 2018, Dr. Salman was Editor-in-Chief of Elsevier Preventive Veterinary Medicine. In 2013, he served as a Jefferson Science Fellow with the U.S. Department of State, acting as a scientific advisor to the Africa Bureau. From 2015 to 2016, he coordinated the U.S. Department of State Biosecurity Engagement Program in Afghanistan, focusing on securing points of entry to prevent the introduction of highly pathogenic human and animal diseases. He has also served for the last nine years as a NATO civil expert on resilience and as a member of the WHO Joint External Evaluation (JEE) team.
Currently, Dr. Salman is dedicated to education, developing case studies for field training of public animal health officers worldwide and contributing to CSU’s academic programs for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. His impactful contributions to animal and public health systems globally have cemented his reputation as a leader in his field.
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