Dorina Timofte
Dorina is Professor in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology at University of Liverpool and has a long-standing career in veterinary clinical microbiology. She is the academic leading the Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory and chairs the Biosecurity and Infection Control Committee at the Liverpool School of Veterinary Science. Dorina is RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Microbiology and Diplomat of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (ECVM); at Liverpool she established the first ECVM Residency training programme and is currently the ECVM vice-president.
Dorina is involved in several European initiatives (ENOVAT, EARS-VET) focusing on the development of veterinary clinical microbiology and raising the profile of the role of veterinary microbiology laboratory in antimicrobial stewardship. She is leading the VetCLIN_AMR project which involves close collaboration with UK veterinary diagnostic laboratories aiming to harmonise microbiology laboratory methodologies impacting on surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in companion animals. Dorina`s research focuses on surveillance and genomic epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in companion animals, describing interspecies transmission of multidrug resistant bacteria between humans, animals, and the environment, particularly in the context of healthcare associated infections in human and veterinary hospitals.