Vittorio Guberti

Vittorio Guberti graduated in Veterinary Medicine in 1984. He continued his training at the CAB International Institute of Parasitology (United Kingdom) and at the University of Reading (Research Unit in Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics), where he obtained a Diploma in Veterinary Epidemiology and Livestock Production Economics. He also conducted research at the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, specializing in mathematical epidemiology and modeling.

He is currently affiliated with the Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, ISPRA), where he was Director of Research until November 2024, and is a visiting professor in the Department of Veterinary Sciences at the University of Bologna.

His scientific work has focused on the study of notifiable diseases at the human-animal-environment interface, applying the principles of ecoepidemiology to the prevention and management of transboundary diseases such as classical and African swine fever, avian influenza, West Nile virus, and rabies, both nationally and internationally.

He collaborates and has collaborated as an independent expert with the FAO, EFSA, EC-FVO, EC-DG SANTE, TAIEX, and WOAH. For the FAO, he was responsible for animal health projects in the former Yugoslavia and the former USSR. He is a member of EUVET (European Union Veterinary Emergency Team) and the Permanent Group of Experts of the Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TAD).

He has led numerous research projects funded by the European Union and is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific articles. He is a reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals in his areas of expertise.

Updated CV 23-Oct-2025