Tom

Hughes

Tom is the Founder and Director of Conservation Medicine, and the Malaysian Project Coordinator and a Senior Fellow for EcoHealth Alliance. He works closely with partners in Malaysia from the Ministry of Health, the Department of Wildlife and National Parks, Sabah Wildlife Department and Sabah State Health Department to establish sustainable disease surveillance systems for wildlife and people with high exposure to wildlife. He has expertise in wildlife biology, field logistics, zoonotic disease surveillance in wildlife, livestock, and humans, conducting risk assessments and multi-disciplinary research coordination. Tom is affiliated with the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit in Bangkok, Thailand who he works closely with to develop personnel and laboratory capacity for biosecurity and biosafety in South East Asia.