Speaker bio page for Diana Williams

Bio

Diana obtained a BSc (Hons) in Zoology and a PhD from the University of Nottingham.  She spent three years at the Cambridge Vet School working on calf pneumonia before going to the International Livestock Research Institute in Kenya where she spent eight years working on control of bovine trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness or nagana), one of the most serious diseases affecting cattle in sub-Saharan Africa.  She was appointed lecturer in veterinary parasitology at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1994 and moved to the School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, in 2008 as Professor of Veterinary Parasitology.

Diana is the Head of Infection Biology in the Institute of Infection and Global Health at Liverpool and leads a large research programme aiming to improve control of the parasite, Fasciola hepatica (the common liver fluke).  Liver fluke is a leading cause of disease globally, particularly in farmed ruminants and severely affects their health and welfare.