Professor Dorina Timofte DVM PhD FRCVS FRCPath(Res) ECVM Diplomate
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Microbiology Vet Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology
- +44 (0)151 794 6193
- Work email D.Timofte@liverpool.ac.uk
- ORCID0000-0002-7261-738X
Professional Activities
Summary
Member of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (ECVM)
http://ecvmicro.org/blog/profile/dr-dorina-timofte/
Executive Committee member- ESCMID Study Group for Veterinary Microbiology – ESGVM
https://www.escmid.org/research_projects/study_groups/veterinary_microbiology/
Working Group 1 Leader- European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT, COST Action CA18217)
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Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/project/European-Network-for-Optimization-of-Veterinary-Antimicrobial-Treatment-CA18217
Selected Professional Activities
External Administrative or Committee Role
- Vice President of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (2024 - 2027) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Secretary of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology Executive Committee (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation, 2021 - 2024) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Management Committee Member- the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT), Invited (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 2019 - 2024) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Chair of the 1st International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS), 2019) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Executive Committee Member-European Study Group of Veterinary Microbiology, Invited (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017 - 2021) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
- Working Group 1 Leader - European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT) (2019 - 2024) (External Administrative or Committee Role)
Internal Administrative or Committee Role
- Departmental Leadership Team - Member (Department, 2019 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- Member of the Leahurst Site Safety Committee (School / Institute, 2022 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
- Head of the Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory (School / Institute, 2009 - present) (Internal Administrative or Committee Role)
Conference Roles
- British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress Manchester, UK, April 2024, by Invitation (2024)
- 15th Congress of the European Association of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology (EAVPT), Bruges, Belgium, 2023, by Invitation (2023)
- Antimicrobial Stewardship: Veterinary Microbiology Laboratories Teaming Up With Clinicians at Invited speaker- Antimicrobial Stewardship: Veterinary Microbiology Laboratories Teaming Up With Clinicians, by Invitation (Birmingham, 2019 - present)
- Nosocomial infections: a One Health perspective at Invited speaker - International Conference on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (ICOHAR), by Invitation (Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019)
- Bruker's UK Microbiology & Diagnostics User Meeting at Sepsityper and its Potential Role in Speeding Up Veterinary Diagnostics, by Invitation (Birmingham, UK)
- 3rd Food, Water and Pharma Microbiology: - Rapid confirmation using MALDI-TOF to be held on Tuesday 10th Dec 2019, at SCI, London, UK at IR Biotyper and acuitas resistome – new molecular tools for infection control in veterinary hospitals, by Invitation (London, UK, 2019)
- Veterinary Clinical Microbiology: Meeting new Diagnostic Challenges, by Invitation (Royal Veterinary College, London, 2019 - present)
- Invited speaker - Exploiting the Potential of Rapid Diagnostics Technology and Mobile Connectivity, by Invitation (University of Surrey, 2019)
- Zoonotic Infections at Invited speaker - Microbiology Society Annual Conference, by Invitation (ICC, Birmingham, 2018)
- Targu Mures, Romania (two talks of 40 min each), by Invitation (Romanian National Authority for Quality of Health, 2016)
- “Antimicrobial resistance, a common concern for human and veterinary healthcare” , by Invitation (Green Templeton College, University of Oxford , 2015)
- Infection control in Small Animal and Equine Teaching Hospitals, by Invitation (North–West Microbiology Discussion Group, Liverpool, 2011)
Editorships
- Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (Reviewer, 2016 - present)
- Veterinary Quarterly (Reviewer, 2015 - present)
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries (Reviewer, 2015 - present)
- Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (Reviewer, 2015 - present)
- Microbial Drug Resistance (Reviewer, 2014 - present)
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology Journal, (Reviewer, 2013 - present)
Event Roles
- Scientific Committee member of the International Conference on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance (ICOHAR), (Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023)
Examination Roles
- Faculty of Veterinary Science, USAMV Iasi, Romania, Candidate Ozana Dulman, Title: “Clinical and molecular research into the diagnostics and treatment of canine atopic dermatitis” (2016)
- PhD thesis external examiner, Faculty of Veterinary Science, USAMV Iasi, Romania, July 2014, Candidate Iuliana Maciuca, Title: “Molecular characterisation of Extended Spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in broiler chickens and abattoir workers in Romania” (2014)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Vice President of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (2024 - 2027)
- Secretary of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology Executive Committee (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation, 2021 - 2024)
- Management Committee Member- the European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT), Invited (European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 2019 - 2024)
- Chair of the 1st International Conference of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology (European Board of Veterinary Specialisation (EBVS), 2019)
- Executive Committee Member-European Study Group of Veterinary Microbiology, Invited (European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2017 - 2021)
- Working Group 1 Leader - European Network for Optimization of Veterinary Antimicrobial Treatment (ENOVAT) (2019 - 2024)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Departmental Leadership Team - Member (Department, 2019 - present)
- Member of the Leahurst Site Safety Committee (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Member of Leahurst Space and Infrastructure Committee (School / Institute, 2022 - present)
- Head of the Veterinary Microbiology Diagnostic Laboratory (School / Institute, 2009 - present)
- Chair of the Biosecurity & Infection Control Group (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Member of the European Study Group for Veterinary Microbiology (ESGVM), part of the European Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) (2016 - present)
- Member of PREPARE-VET core group (PREPARE-VET 2016 – PREscriber Perspectives on Antibiotic use and Resistance Education in Europe –A joint European Research project) (2016 - present)
Professional Body Memberships
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (Full membership, 2014 - present)
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (Member, 2011 - present)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Head of Microbiology Diagnostics, Liverpool School of Veterinary Science
- Joint coordinator of the Diagnostic Pathology and Bacteriology teaching rotation (BVSc420, 4th and 5th year students);