Helen Roberts

Helen Roberts is Defra’s policy advisor for Equine, Pets and New and Emerging diseases, science and risk. She is also responsible for animal health input into horizon scanning across the government agencies and departments for the UK as well as the biosecurity programme in Defra and for the cross government international natural hazard forward look. She is a member of the UK Veterinary Risk Group and the EFSA Animal Health and Welfare Panel. She is involved in international training in risk assessment for disease outbreaks and food safety and a regular member of working groups for EFSA, the European Commission on the new Animal Health Regulations and FAO on emerging animal health issues. She holds a PhD in parasitology from Imperial College, London, UK.