Dr Kevin Queenan

BSc (Agric), BVSc, MSc (One Health), PhD
Post-Doctoral Researcher in Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems

Department: Pathobiology & Population Sciences

Campus: Hawkshead

Research Groups: Sustainable Food Systems, Antimicrobial Resistance

Research Centres: Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health

Kevin is a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences. His current interests include all aspects of One Health and the use of systems thinking in developing an understanding of complex problems and identifying potential solutions.

Kevin grew up and studied in South Africa, completing a BSc in Agriculture (Animal Science) and then a BVSc at Onderstepoort, Pretoria. After a short period of clinical veterinary work in South Africa he moved to the UK and worked in several private veterinary clinics before purchasing his own, which he managed for 13 years. Looking for a change in career direction, he enrolled and completed an MSc One Health (Infectious diseases) in 2013/14 at the RVC and LSHTM, which included a research project on human, livestock and zoonotic diseases affecting the livelihoods of pastoralists in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. After the MSc OH, Kevin has worked at the RVC in a variety of projects primarily in East and Southern Africa. He completed his PhD part-time in 2023, which was on a systems approach to South African livestock-derived food, generating policy insights to develop a more equitable and environmentally sustainable food system for safe, healthy, and nutritious food. 

Kevin is currently working with Barbara Haesler in the Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) programme, with a focus on the livestock-derived food system in South Africa, specifically, the commercial broiler system.

He has been involved in the following projects in the past:

  • Methods and Metrics for measuring antibiotic use at the granular level in human and livestock health in LMICs (Secondment to LSHTM)
  • Cost-benefit and feasibility analysis for establishing a foot and mouth disease free zone in Rukwa region in Tanzania (WTO/ Standards and Trade Development Facility)
  • Feasibility study for the establishment of FMD-free fresh meat producing cattle subpopulations in Zimbabwe: (WTO/ Standards and Trade Development Facility)
  • A Rapid assessment of antimicrobial use in animals and antimicrobial resistance in low and middle income countries, Uganda Country Profile - contribution to World Bank global report on the Economic Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance
  • The ACIAR funded Nkuku4 project with the University of Sydney, with Jonathan Rushton, Market and value chain analysis of village poultry systems in Tanzania and Zambia
  • The NEOH project with Barbara Häsler, co-authoring the NEOH Handbook chapter on integrating health systems and providing support for publication
  • The IDRC funded SACIDs project on Ecohealth in Tanzania with Richard Kock, looking at One Health research frameworks for emerging zoonotic disease in Maasai communities
  • The Norbrook UK Veterinary Business research project with Liz Jackson

Where One Health Meets Food Systems Teaching and Learning: Expanding Skillsets for Food System Transformation, Barbara Häsler, Kevin Queenan, Pablo Alarcon, Eleanor Raj, Louise Whatford (2023) One Health Cases https://doi.org/10.1079/onehealthcases.2023.00

A food systems approach and qualitative system dynamics model to reveal policy issues within the commercial broiler chicken system in South Africa Kevin Queenan, Soledad Cuevas, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Michael Chimonyo, Bhavani Shankar, Rob Slotow, Barbara Häsler (2022) PLOS ONE https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270756 

Dietary and agricultural adaptations to drought among smallholder farmers in South Africa: A qualitative study Poppy Hawkins, Wendy Geza, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Catherine Sutherland, Kevin Queenan, Alan Dangour, Pauline Scheelbeek (2022) Weather and Climate Extremes (35) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100413 

Cost-benefit and feasibility analysis for establishing a foot-and-mouth disease free zone in Rukwa region in Tanzania Barbara Häsler, Georgina Limon, Kevin Queenan, Jonathan Rushton, Michael Madege, James Mlangwa, Joram Mghwira (2021) Preventive Veterinary Medicine (196) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105494 

A Global Media Analysis of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Chicken Meat Food Systems: Key Vulnerabilities and Opportunities for Building Resilience Lorraine Chapot, Louise Whatford, Polly Compston, Mehroosh Tak, Soledad Cuevas, Maria Garza, Houda Bennani, Hassaan Bin Aslam, Mathew Hennessey, Georgina Limon, Kevin Queenan, Guillaume Fournié, Nikolaos Dadios and Barbara Häsler (2021) Sustainability 13 (16), https://doi.org/10.3390/su13169435 

Using Qualitative System Dynamics Analysis to Promote Inclusive Livestock Value Chains: A Case Study of the South African Broiler Value Chain Soledad Cuevas Garcia-Dorado, Kevin Queenan, Bhavani Shankar, Barbara Häsler, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi, Gregory Cooper and Rob Slotow (2021) Frontiers in Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (5) https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.670756

A Qualitative Analysis of the Commercial Broiler System, and the Links to Consumers' Nutrition and Health, and to Environmental Sustainability: A South African Case Study Queenan, K., Cuevas, S., Mabhaudhi, T., Chimonyo, M., Slotow, R., & Häsler, B. (2021) Frontiers in Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (12). https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.650469 

A Systems Analysis and Conceptual System Dynamics Model of the Livestock-derived Food System in South Africa: A Tool for Policy Guidance. Queenan, K., Sobratee, N., Davids, R., Mabhaudhi, T., Chimonyo, M., Slotow, R., Shankar, B., & Häsler, B. (2020) Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 9 (4), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.021

A Systems Approach to Evaluate One Health Initiatives. Rüegg SR, Nielsen LR, Buttigieg SC, Santa M, Aragrande M, Canali M, Ehlinger T, Chantziaras I, Boriani E, Radeski M, Bruce M, Queenan K, Häsler B (2018). Front Vet Sci. 2018 Mar 9;5:23. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00023. eCollection 2018.

A One Health Evaluation of the Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance Marie C. E. Hanin, Kevin Queenan, Sara Savic, Esron Karimuribo, Simon R. Rüegg and Barbara Häsler (2018) Front. Vet. Sci. 2018 March 5:33. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00033

Roadmap to a One Health Agenda 2030. Kevin Queenan, Julie Garnier, Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen, Sandra Buttigieg, Daniele de Meneghi, Martin Holmberg, Jakob Zinsstag, Simon Rüegg, Barbara Häsler and Richard Kock. CAB Reviews 2017 12, No. 014, May 2017, ISSN 1749-8848 DOI:10.1079/PAVSNNR201712014

Drug resistant infections: A threat to our economic future. World Bank Report. Contribution to "Antimicrobial use in Animals and AMR", Uganda case study and Africa Review. K. Queenan with L. Redmond and J. Rushton. March 2017. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/323311493396993758/pdf/114679-REVISED-v2-Drug-Resistant-Infections-Final-Report.pdf

Using local language syndromic terminology in participatory epidemiology: Lessons for One Health practitioners among the Maasai of Ngorongoro, Tanzania. Queenan K, Mangesho P, Ole-Neselle M, Karimuribo E, Rweyemamu M, Kock R, Häsler B, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 14 February 2017, ISSN 0167-5877, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.02.003

Exploring local knowledge and perceptions on zoonoses among pastoralists in northern and eastern Tanzania. Mangesho PE, Neselle MO, Karimuribo ED, Mlangwa JE, Queenan K, Mboera LEG, Rushton J, Kock R, Häsler B, Kiwara A, Rweyemamu M. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, February 2017, doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005345

A One Health approach to antimicrobial resistance surveillance: is there a business case for it? Queenan K, Häsler B, Rushton J (2016). International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2016.06.014 

An appraisal of the indigenous chicken market in Tanzania and Zambia. Are the markets ready for improved outputs from village production systems? Kevin Queenan, Robyn Alders, Wende Maulaga, Hilda Lumbwe, Elpidius Rukambile, Elasto Zulu, Brigitte Bagnol and Jonathan Rushton (2016) Journal of Livestock Research for Rural Development http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd28/10/quee28185.html

 

  • The Network for the Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) / the Network for Ecohealth and One Health (NEOH)

    The Network for Evaluation of One Health (NEOH) was an international EU-COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) funded network (2014-2018) that aimed to enable evaluation of One Health activities and comparison of initiatives, as well as informed decision-making and resource allocation. It was then converted into the Network for Ecohealth and One Health as the European Chapter of Ecohealth International that has several active working groups.

  • The Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) programme

    SHEFS is led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and the RVC’s work will focus on livestock-derived foods (LDF) in South Africa.South Africa bears a triple burden of malnutrition, with persistent levels of stunting, micronutrient deficiencies and rising obesity. LDF provide an energy dense and micronutrient rich food, important for pregnant and breast-feeding women and children’s cognitive development. However, they may also present health risks through overconsumption, foodborne diseases and chemical hazards and have a greater environmental impact than plant-based diets.

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