Rate My Professor Bethany Jackson

Dr. Bethany Jackson is a Senior Lecturer in Wildlife Health and Epidemiology in the School of Veterinary Medicine at Murdoch University. She is affiliated with the Centre for Biosecurity and One Health. Jackson holds a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc), a Master of Veterinary Studies in Conservation Medicine (MVS Con Med), and a PhD from Murdoch University, awarded in 2014 for her thesis on health and disease in Red-crowned Parakeets and implications for conservation managers. She serves as Academic Chair for the Master of Wildlife Health and Conservation Medicine course. Her career at Murdoch University has progressed from PhD student to lecturer and now senior lecturer.

Her research specializations include epidemiology, One Health, and wildlife health, with a focus on how wildlife health impacts and is impacted by regional and global environmental change, as well as the role of paraprofessional services. Jackson has supervised doctoral theses on topics such as the epidemiology of lumpy jaw in captive macropods across Australia and development and optimisation of tracking methods to investigate wildlife health. She has contributed to studies on sarcoptic mange epizootics in quenda, anthropozoonotic tuberculosis in Southeast Asian bears, antimicrobial resistance in clinically significant wildlife bacteria, and neurological conditions affecting Australian magpies. With 64 research outputs listed on ResearchGate and cited over 600 times, key publications include 'Molecular characterisation of beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in New Zealand and its implications for managing an infectious disease' (Archives of Virology, 2012), 'Discovery and Partial Genomic Characterisation of a Novel Nidovirus Associated with Respiratory Disease in Wild Shingleback Lizards (Tiliqua rugosa)' (PLoS ONE, 2016), 'Antimicrobial resistance among clinically significant bacteria in wildlife: an overlooked one health concern' (International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2024), and 'Evidence of multiple introductions of beak and feather disease virus into the Pacific islands of Nouvelle-Caledonie (New Caledonia)' (Journal of General Virology, 2012). Her work supports biosecurity, wildlife conservation, and interdisciplinary public health initiatives.