Dr. Fernando O. Mardones

Senior Lecturer in One Health and Aquaculture

Biography

Background

Dr. Fernando O. Mardones is a Chilean veterinarian with a Master's in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM) and a Ph.D. in veterinary epidemiology from the University of California, Davis. His research involves designing and conducting epidemiological investigations to evaluate risk factors related to threats and infectious diseases affecting farmed species in aquaculture, including seaweed, shrimp, tilapia and salmonids. His work on aquatic epidemiology, surveillance, climate change and “One Health” is reflected in almost 50 publications and book chapters. He is part of the International Meeting Oversight Committee of the Fish Health Section of the American Fish Society and a member of the UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI) of the University of California. He was the chair of the 9th International Symposium on Aquatic Animal Health (ISAAH 9th, 2022), chair of the fourth International Conference on Aquatic Animal Epidemiology (AquaEpi IV, 2026), chief editor of the Planetary Health section at the Advances in Global Health journal and associate editor of Frontiers Journal on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics. For more than 5 years, he has been FAO team of experts in the epidemiological surveillance of diseases of aquatic organisms, carrying out activities in about twenty low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Qualifications

2013     Doctor of Philosophy in Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, USA

                  Area of emphasis: Epidemiological methods and biostatistics.

2007     Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (MPVM), School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, USA.

2004     Médico Veterinario, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Chile.

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

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