Dr. Subhash Morzaria is a veterinarian with an MSc and a PhD from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UK. He has over 35 years of international experience in the areas of animal health, high impact zoonotic and non-zoonotic diseases, and livestock development. He has worked for several national and international organisations and has held senior research and managerial positions in various institutions that include the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. In the last 15 years he has focused on developing and promoting One Health approaches to addressing the multifaceted problems of infectious diseases in animals and humans. Subhash has authored over 250 scientific papers in international refereed journals and has mentored a number of PhD students in the Africa, UK and Asia. He has served as a member of scientific advisory committees of a number institutions/organizations including GALVMED, EcoHealth Alliance, Institute of Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) of the Texas A&M University, and PREDICT-2 Programme of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California. Currently, he is a member of the external scientific advisory board of the South African Centre for Infectious Diseases Surveillance (SACIDS) One Health Foundation, and a Senior Fellow of the IIAD of the University of Texas, USA.