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Professor Wood is a veterinary epidemiologist with research interests in emerging and zoonotic infectious diseases, especially bat transmitted viruses in sub-Saharan Africa and bovine tuberculosis.

He is Alborada Professor of Equine and Farm Animal Medicine and Head of University of Cambridge Vet School. He also co-chairs the Cambridge Infectious Diseases Interdisciplinary Research Centre and conducts multidisciplinary research on infectious diseases. 

Professor Wood said: “I am delighted and surprised to receive this! I feel very privileged to be part of the amazing international communities at ��ɫ��Ƶ and my research networks around the world; also to receive the amazing support from my funders. I am lucky to do a job that I love (most of the time!).”

He is also involved in the , which focuses on building links between Cambridge and African Institutions and which aims to strengthen Africa's own capacity for sustainable research.

Jane Clarke, ��ɫ��Ƶ President, said: "I am absolutely delighted to hear that James' important research into diseases transmissible from animals to humans has been recognised by his inclusion in this year’s Birthday Honours List. Congratulations James!”

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And you can watch Professor Wood’s talk, ‘Diseases without Borders: what can we do to combat the next pandemic’, presented as part of the Science Society and ��ɫ��Ƶ Explores Borders series, in our .