Professor Lee Innes is the director of science communication and knowledge exchange activities, used to increase impact and uptake of new technologies and to increase public engagement in science. Lee has an honours degree in Immunology from the University of Glasgow and a PhD in Tropical Animal Health from the University of Edinburgh. She is interested in the relationship between the many pathogens we encounter and our immune responses and how this can be used to develop better methods of disease prevention and resilience. She has conducted research in several different Institutes in the UK and Africa, including working in Morocco and Kenya focusing on infectious diseases of livestock. Lee’s research interests involve One Health approaches to tackle zoonotic diseases, primarily involving protozoan parasites and she is interested in applying science to improve food and water security and sustainable livestock production. She has published numerous scientific articles and has developed and delivered several competitively funded national and international research programmes.
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