Mohd Faizal Bin Ghazali
Senior Lecturer, School of Animal Science, Faculty of Bioresources and Food Industry, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Malaysia
“Ensuring a successful One Health future means investing in the generation who will carry that future. I believe our biggest opportunity to have a bright future is to tap into the next generation’s drive and motivation. It is critical that we embrace and harness the youth’s determination and guide it in the right direction so that our next generation of One Health leaders are prepared and able to lead when their time comes.”
Dr. Mohd Faizal Bin Ghazali is an academician and researcher, currently working at Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin as a Senior Lecturer, Deputy Director of the Centre of Farm Management, and Head of the School of Animal, Aquatic and Environmental Sciences. He was formerly the Deputy Director for the Institute of Agriculture and Food Industry Research from 2015-2017. He is a veterinarian by training, specializing in veterinary public health and production, and his research is mainly focused on antimicrobial resistance surveillance and disease biomarkers in animals. Dr. Faizal has been actively involved in MyOHUN activities since 2015 and is currently the One Health Young Leaders and Communication Project Leader. He has a keen interest in positive youth development for university students in Malaysia, and supports outreach projects that educate and promote awareness on zoonotic diseases in rural communities. Dr. Faizal earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2009 from Universiti Putra Malaysia, and his doctoral degree in 2015 from the University of Glasgow, United Kingdom. He is an active member of the Royal Society of Biology, London, and board-certified as the Professional Technologist in Agro-based Technology by the Malaysia Board of Technologists.