Sirimon Thomas

Thesis title: Operationalising One Health for early warning of food insecurity and socio-ecological system breakdown in northern Kenya

  • Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Edinburgh
  • International Livestock Research Institute
  • Jameel Observatory

Contact details

PhD supervisors:

Address

Street

Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Charnock Bradley Building
Easter Bush Campus

City
Roslin
Post code
EH25 9RG

Biography

Background

Sirimon is  a Kenyan/British national with an academic background in Biology and a maters in One Health from the Royal Veterinary College and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He previously worked in wildlife conservation in Kenya and Gabon, focussing on human-wildlife conflict and community-led conservation. He then switched to One Health seeking a broader perspective on development challenges in sub-Saharan Africa. Most recently, he was working in South Sudan on generating and using data to inform decision making and prioritisation in humanitarian response.

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