Rate My Professor Bethany Jackson

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.