Biography
Professor; Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology
BVSc (Australia); MPVM, PhD (Davis)
Ian A. Gardner holds a PhD and master's degree in preventive veterinary medicine from the Davis School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California. He earned his bachelor's degree in veterinary science from the University of Sydney, and worked in his native Australia as a veterinary officer specializing in pig and poultry diseases. He has served in leadership roles in various professional organizations, including the Association of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, and the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease.
Gardner is internationally recognized for developing methods to assess disease risk in terrestrial and aquatic food animals. These methods have been used in global veterinary and public health activities, and have influenced policies at the United States Department of Agriculture and the World Organization for Animal Health.
Gardner is among the most cited researchers in his field, with more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications in leading journals, such as Preventive Veterinary Medicine, American Veterinary Medical Association, and Veterinary Pathology.
Before becoming the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aquatic Epidemiology, Gardner was professor of medicine and epidemiology at the Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
Recent Publications
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Design standards for experimental and field studies to evaluate diagnostic accuracy of tests for infectious diseases in aquatic animals [Early View]
- Journal of Fish Diseases, 2018
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A case study of time-series regression modeling: Risk factors for pond-level mortality of farmed grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) on a southern Chinese farm
- Aquaculture, 2018
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Development and validation of an immunoperoxidase antigen detection test for improved diagnosis of rabies in Indonesia
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
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STARD-BLCM: Standards for the reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies that use Bayesian latent class models
- Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2017
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Biosecurity knowledge, attitudes and practices of farmers culturing yellow catfish (Pelteobagrus fulvidraco) in Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, China
- Aquaculture, 2017
Research Classification
- No classification given
Research Interests
- Developing cost-effective testing strategies and surveillance programs for the prevention and control of diseases in aquatic food animals
- Surveillance
- Aquatic epidemiology
- Aquatic disease control and prevention
- Health interactions between farmed and wild fish populations.
Current Scholars in Health Management
- Gregory Keefe
- Shawn McKenna
- Jeffrey Davidson
- J. Trenton McClure
- Bronwyn Crane
- Martha Mellish
- Dan Hurnik
- Maya Groner
- Crawford Revie
- Laurie Anne McDuffee
- John VanLeeuwen
- Arthur Ortenburger
- Aimie Doyle
- Ian Gardner
- Raphael Vanderstichel
- Henrik Stryhn
- Robert M. Lofstedt
- Elizabeth Spangler
- Javier Sanchez
- Michael Cockram
- Sophie St-Hilaire
- K. Larry Hammell
- Mary McNiven
- Jeanne Lofstedt
- Luke Heider
- Wendy Duckett
- Garth Arsenault