Jasmin Hufschmid
Jasmin completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney in 1999, and subsequently worked as a practicing veterinarian in mixed practice in Albury-Wodonga for three years. She has worked at the Melbourne Veterinary School since 2004, starting with a PhD in wildlife health, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of wildlife toxicology/pathology and was then offered a position as Lecturer in Wildlife Health at the School in 2012. She has since been in a teaching and research role, which includes teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level for veterinary and non-veterinary subjects. She is a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists in Veterinary Epidemiology.
Her research interests are those of a generalist who has never been able to narrow herself down to just one area of wildlife health research, but particular areas of interest include toxoplasmosis in marsupials, health of microbats, ectoparasitic diseases and impacts of toxicants on wildlife health. Jasmin finds working in multi-disciplinary teams incredibly enjoyable; she collaborates with colleagues in many veterinary fields, and finds collaborations with ecologists, chemists and ecotoxicologists particularly rewarding. She is a member of the Southern Bent-Wing Bat Recovery Team, chairs the Wildlife Health Forum Victoria and is on the Council of the Wildlife Disease Association; she will take up the Presidency of the Australasian Section of the WDA at the end of this 2024.