Speakers
Domenico Otranto
Domenico Otranto DVM, PhD, Diplomate EVPC
He is Professor of Animal Parasitic Diseases at the Department of Veterinary Medicine (University of Bari) where he was Head for two terms (2015-2018; 2018-2021) and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences City University of Hong Kong (2024-2026). He was visiting Professor of Parasitology and Parasitic Diseases at the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan (Iran) 2017-2023.
He is President of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology - WAAVP (2019-2025) and former President of the European Veterinary Parasitology College - EVPC (2016-2019). He is recipient of the Young Scientist award from the WAAVP (2007), of the international award of the Accademia dei Lincei (2006) and of the Bayer Research Award from the WAAVP (2019).
His research focuses on the study of arthropods and arthropod borne diseases of zoonotic concern with both a basic and an applied approach. In the last years, his activities are focussed toward research and education projects in low- and middle- income Countries. His research output includes authorship of more than 780 peer-reviewed articles in international scientific journals and of numerous book chapters. He is Editor of the first and second Italian versions of the Veterinary Parasitology textbook (Blackwell, 2009; 2021), Coeditor of The Encyclopedia of Medical and Veterinary Entomology (RC Russell, D Otranto, R Wall, CABI, 2013) and one of the two authors of the Veterinary Parasitology Textbook (Otranto and Wall, Wiley, 2024).
He is Deputy Editor of PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Advisor Editor of International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, Associate Editor of Parasitology Research, Acta Tropica, and editorial board member of scientific international journals in the field of the Parasitology (Veterinary Parasitology, Molecular and Cellular Probes, Pathogens, Current research in Parasitology and vector borne diseases). He has been Editor in Chief of Medical and Veterinary Entomology (2008-2018), Advisor Editor of Parasites and Vectors. He is organizer of the Parasitology Summer Courses (ParSCo) held under the aegis of the EVPC and Chair of the Odile Bain Memorial Prize.
Since 2023 he is member of the Scientific Steering Committee of One Health Action Commission supported by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and consultant of WHO for the preparation of guidelines on canine leishmaniosis.
