Dr. Theresa Bernardo, AVC's first graduate student, will be presented with a 2012 UPEI Distinguished Alumni Award at a ceremony today, Wednesday, March 28, at 11:00, Schurman Market Square, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Reception to follow. http://friends.upei.ca/blog/upeis-annual-distinguished-alumni-and-inspiring-young-alumni-awards-ceremony
An epidemiologist and veterinarian, Dr. Bernardo will also give a presentation entitled “Collaborating to Confront Complex Challenges” in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at AVC today following the awards ceremony, from 12:30-1:15 p.m.
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As AVC’s first graduate student, Dr. Theresa Bernardo credits her work here with enabling her to make a difference in global health. An epidemiologist and veterinarian, she has had a distinguished career, working to improve global health and contributing to the development of international health and trade standards and policy. She is now Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Health Informatics, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. In September 1986, Theresa Bernardo became AVC’s first graduate student.
Under the leadership of her supervisor, Dr. Ian Dohoo, Director of AVC’s Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research, Theresa gained a solid foundation in epidemiology and an introduction to the international network of veterinary epidemiologists. “AVC had a pivotal impact on my career,” says Dr. Bernardo whose graduate work at AVC has enabled her to make a difference in global health.
Inspired by the creative and innovative use of collaborative technologies around the world, Dr. Bernardo is passionate about their potential to improve global health in the broadest sense. She uses real-world examples of how social media has saved lives and engaged people in one-health issues to stimulate new ideas and actions.
Until recently, Dr. Bernardo was in charge of Knowledge Management and Communication for the Americas Region of the World Health Organization where she dealt with the two most serious emergencies in the history of the organization: Pandemic H1N1 (swine flu) and the devastating Haitian earthquake. With over a decade of experience in international development in the United Nations and Inter-American systems, she has lived and worked in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States.
An epidemiologist and veterinarian by training, Dr. Bernardo is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Health Informatics at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She was the founding Director of the Information Technology Center at MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and recently started One Health Knowledge Initiatives.
NOTE: Award Presentation rescheduled
Dr. Bernardo has been named a 2012 UPEI Distinguished Alumni and will be presented with her award at a ceremony and reception on Wednesday, March 28, 11:00am, at the Alex H. MacKinnon Auditorium, Don and Marion McDougall Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend the celebration.
