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Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Nuno Faria” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Nuno-Faria-Photo-2.jpg” image_icon_width=”214px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjgzOSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Professor in Virus Genomic Epidemiology,
Co-Director, Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology Unit of the Centre\u00a0 for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health,
Imperial College London<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Franka Des Vignes” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/FDesVignes-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”208px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6Ijg3MCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Epidemiology \/ Real-World Evidence Consultant<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Mark Wuddivira” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/MWuddivira-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”215px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6Ijg5OSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Dean, Faculty of Food and Agriculture
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Karen Nelson” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/KNelson-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”231px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwMSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Chief Scientific Officer,
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, USA<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Oliver Pybus” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/OPybus-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”216px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwMyIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Vice Principal for Research and Innovation and Professor of Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London; Professorial Fellow of New College, and Co-Director, Oxford Martin School Programme on Pandemic Genomics, University of Oxford<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Paul Crooks” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/PCrooks.jpg” image_icon_width=”223px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwNSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Veterinary Officer, <\/span>Tobago House of Assembly, Division of <\/span>F<\/span>ood<\/span> <\/span>Security; Founder, Tobago Animal Hospital; Media Liaison, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Trinidad and Tobago Veterinary Association<\/span> <\/span>(TTVA); Treasurer, Caribbean Veterinary Medical Association<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Denise Beckles” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Denise-Beckles-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”251px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwOCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science and Technology
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Stewart Smith” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Dr.-Stewart-Smith.jpg” image_icon_width=”224px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkxMSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Senior Health Systems Advisor,
Ministry of Health,
Trinidad and Tobago<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_3,1_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Duraisamy Saravanakumar” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/DSaravanakumar-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”230px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkxMyIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Director, School for Graduate Studies & Research, <\/span>UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Farid Youssef” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Farid-Youssef-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”214px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkxNSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Head, Department of Preclinical Sciences<\/div>\n
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Christopher Oura” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/08\/Chris-Oura-biosketch.png” image_icon_width=”222px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjMxMCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ disabled_on=”off|off|on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Hariharan Seetharaman” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/HariS-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”200px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjgzMCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Nuno Faria” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Nuno-Faria-Photo-2.jpg” image_icon_width=”214px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjgzOSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Professor in Virus Genomic Epidemiology,
Co-Director, Pathogen Genomic Epidemiology Unit of the Centre\u00a0 for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health,
Imperial College London<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Franka Des Vignes” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/FDesVignes-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”208px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6Ijg3MCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Epidemiology \/ Real-World Evidence Consultant<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Mark Wuddivira” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/MWuddivira-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”215px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6Ijg5OSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Dean, Faculty of Food and Agriculture
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_4,1_4,1_4,1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Karen Nelson” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/KNelson-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”231px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwMSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Chief Scientific Officer,
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, USA<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Oliver Pybus” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/OPybus-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”216px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwMyIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Vice Principal for Research and Innovation and Professor of Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London; Professorial Fellow of New College, and Co-Director, Oxford Martin School Programme on Pandemic Genomics, University of Oxford<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Paul Crooks” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/PCrooks.jpg” image_icon_width=”223px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwNSIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Veterinary Officer, <\/span>Tobago House of Assembly, Division of <\/span>F<\/span>ood<\/span> <\/span>Security; Founder, Tobago Animal Hospital; Media Liaison, <\/span>Trinidad and Tobago Veterinary Association<\/span> <\/span>(TTVA)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Dr. Denise Beckles” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/Denise-Beckles-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”251px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkwOCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Chemistry, Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science and Technology
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/span><\/div>\n
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Trinidad and Tobago<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Duraisamy Saravanakumar” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/10\/DSaravanakumar-sq.jpg” image_icon_width=”240px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjkxMyIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
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Head, Department of Preclinical Sciences<\/span><\/div>\n
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_blurb title=”Prof. Christopher Oura” image=”https:\/\/sta.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/08\/Chris-Oura-biosketch.png” image_icon_width=”260px” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _dynamic_attributes=”link_option_url” _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|600|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_line_height=”1.3em” body_text_align=”center” body_text_color=”#000000″ link_option_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjMxMCIsImVuYWJsZV9odG1sIjoib2ZmIn19@” border_radii_image=”on|8px|8px|8px|8px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n
Professor Emeritus of Veterinary Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine
UWI St. Augustine Campus<\/span><\/div>\n[\/et_pb_blurb][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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