Background

Andrea is an experienced global One Health advisor with a strong background in epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, strengthening surveillance systems, regulatory affairs for medicines and biologicals, public health and emergency disease preparedness and response. She works at the human-animal-environment interface with emerging and re-emerging diseases. With Veterinary Science and Master of Public Health degrees and extensive international experience in antimicrobial resistance, use/consumption and stewardship, she is keen to build national and regional AMR/AMU and zoonotic disease capacity.

Appointments

• Convenor One Health special interest group Public Health Association of Australia
• Member of Public Health Association of Australia
• Member of Australian Veterinary Association Veterinary Public Health special interest group
• Mentor for Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne - MPH Mentoring Program 2019 and 2020, and Mentor for ANZCVSc Epidemiology Chapter
• President of Epidemiology Chapter of the ANZCVSc 2003-2004 & membership examiner 2005
• President of the Central Branch of VIC AVA 2005-2007 and committee member.
• Reviewer for the Australian Veterinary Journal and CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources.
• Director on Board of Vets Beyond Borders (2011-2017)
• Member Board of Examiners Australasian Veterinary Board Council Ltd (2004-2012)

Positions

• 2020-2022 AMR and One Health Specialist–Fleming Fund Country Grant PNG and other AMR project – Burnet Institute, Melbourne Australia and PNG
• 2018 Program Officer (Zoonosis, AMR, food security and PPR) World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) Sub-Regional Representation for Southern Africa – based Botswana
• 2002 -2018 Director consultant Ultimate Efficacy Consulting Pty Ltd
• 2015-2019 One health snake antivenoms risk-benefit assessment consultancy – World Health Organization (WHO)
• 2007-2017 External reviewer safety and efficacy animal health products (including biologicals) and expert reports – Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)
• 2017 July-August Emergency response consultant for rabies outbreak control Sarawak, Malaysia – Sarawak SPCA and Govt
• 2017 One health dogs and people consultancy – Nauru Government
• 2016 One health consultancy rabies workshop facilitator – Singapore Government
• 2012-2013 One health welfare veterinarian – University of Melbourne within Office Research Ethics and Integrity
• 2007-2008 Epidemiologist and expert witness Equine Influenza outbreak and inquiry – NSW Department of Primary Industries and Commonwealth DAFF.
• 1995 -2002 Veterinary Services Manager and Regulatory Affairs – CSL Ltd and Pfizer

Qualifications

• Master of Public Health (Epidemiology/Biostatistics), The University of Melbourne 2010
• Bachelor of Veterinary Science with Honours The University of Sydney 1988
• Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Epidemiology 1997
• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment Victoria University 2004

Projects (2)

Current (2)

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  ANCP – Kickstarting antimicrobial resistance responses in PNG (KICK AMR)

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  Fleming Fund Country Grant – Papua New Guinea

Publications (8)

2020 (1)

• Reaching the zero by 30 dog-mediated human rabies goal.
  Britton A
  Microbiol Aust. 2020 Mar; 41(1):10-13

2019 (2)

• Progress to Control and Eradication of Peste des Petits Ruminants in the Southern African Development Community Region.
  Andrea Britton, Alexandre Caron, Berhanu Bedane
  Front Vet Sci. 2019 Oct; 6:343
• Ecology and epidemiology of rabies in humans, domestic animals and wildlife in Namibia, 2011-2017.
  Emmanuel H Hikufe, Conrad M Freuling, Rauna Athingo, Albertina Shilongo, Emmy-Else Ndevaetela, Maria Helao, Mathews Shiindi, Rainer Hassel, Alec Bishi, Siegfried Khaiseb, Juliet Kabajani, Jolandie van der Westhuizen, Gregorio Torres, Andrea Britton, Moetapele Letshwenyo, Karin Schwabenbauer, Thomas C Mettenleiter, Nicolai Denzin, Susanne Amler, Franz J Conraths, Thomas Muller, Adrianatus Maseke
  PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2019 Apr; 13(4):e0007355

2018 (1)

• WHO Expert Consultation on Rabies. Third Report,
  Andrea Britton (as Expert in consultation meeting)
  World Health Organization (Geneva) Technical Report Series. 2018 Jan; No. 1012:Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 ICO

2017 (2)

• Eliminating Dog-Mediated Rabies in Sikkim, India: A 10-Year Pathway to Success for the SARAH Program.
  Helen Byrnes, Andrea Britton, Thinlay Bhutia
  Front Vet Sci. 2017 Mar; 4:28
• WHO Guidelines for the Production, Control and Regulation of Snake Antivenoms Immunogobulins.
  Andrea Britton (Expert Contributer to Update)
  WHO Technical Report Series,. 2017 Jan; No 1004

2011 (1)

• Spatial association and clinical development of equine influenza in horses yarded overnight at an equestrian event at Maitland prior to propagating the 2007 epidemic in Australia.
  A L Britton, D A Major, G H Perry, A J Read
  Aust Vet J. 2011 Jul; 89 Suppl 1:68-69

2007 (1)

• Suppression of behavioural and physiological oestrus in the mare by vaccination against GnRH.
  M Elhay, A Newbold, A Britton, P Turley, K Dowsett, J Walker
  Aust Vet J. 2007 Jan; 85(1-2):39-45