Jakob Zinsstag, Professor, PhD, DVM

Function(s)
Deputy Head of Department, Head of Unit, Group Leader

Qualification
Dr. med. vet., PhD, Dip. ECVPH

Organisational Entity

Jakob Zinsstag leads the Human and Animal Health research group at Swiss TPH and is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Basel. He has also been acting Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH. A veterinarian with a PhD in tropical animal health, he has led a research group focusing on human and animal health at Swiss TPH since 1998 and served as deputy head of the department from 2011 to 2025. He spent eight years at the International Trypanotolerance Centre in The Gambia and four years as director of the Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques in Côte d’Ivoire. His work centres on zoonotic disease control and improving healthcare for mobile pastoralists through an integrated One Health approach. He currently serves as Editor-in-chief of CABI One Health and was Co-Chair of SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Academies). He is a member of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), the Patronage Committee of Global Animal Law, and the Veterinary Medicines Expert Committee (VMEC) of Swissmedic.

Latest Publications

All Publications

Ahmed A, Ali Y, Salim B, Dietrich I, Zinsstag J. Correction: Ahmed et al. Epidemics of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in Sudan between 2010 and 2020. Microorganisms 2022, 10, 928. Microorganisms. 2026;14(3):517. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms14030517

Brulé G et al. Can One Health help reduce the environmental impacts of the healthcare system in Switzerland? Insights from an interdisciplinary focus group. Ethics Med Public Health. 2026;34:101227. DOI: 10.1016/j.jemep.2025.101227

Gharekhani J, Zinsstag J, Emadi A, Dadar M. Socio-economic impact of bovine brucellosis and the need for effective control strategies. Vet Res Commun. 2026;50(3):201. DOI: 10.1007/s11259-026-11136-0

Kidanu A et al. Brucellosis prevention and control in small ruminants using a test and slaughter strategy in the pastoral Afar Region of Ethiopia: A pilot study. Prev Vet Med. 2026;247:106751. DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106751

Lamireou D et al. First isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from suspected cases of bovine tuberculosis in rural abattoirs in Chad. Trop Anim Health Prod. 2026;58(3):208. DOI: 10.1007/s11250-026-04949-3

Pineda-Reyes Roberto et al. Clinical management, epidemiology, and recurrence of human cystic echinococcosis in a secondary-level hospital in Cusco, Peru. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026;114(2):253-261. DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0241

Worsley-Tonks K.E.L et al. Breaking the under-reporting cycle for zoonotic diseases in low-income and middle-income countries through national-level integration of community-based surveillance and response: insights from Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mali. Lancet Infect Dis. 2026;26(4):e245-e258. DOI: 10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00421-9

Caron A, de Garine-Wichatitsky M, Figuié M, Meunier J, Mugabe P, Zinsstag J. Bridging gaps and leveraging opportunities for One Health: feedback from the 8th World One Health Congress. CABI One Health. 2025;4(1):0003. DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.0003

Crump L, Ali S.M, Tschopp R, Zinsstag J. Jigjiga University One Health Initiative. In: Cork S,Lindenmayer J, eds. One Health case studies: practical applications of the transdisciplinary approach, 298-303: CABI, 2025

Crump L, Zinsstag J. Editors' foreword. In: Cork S,Lindenmayer J, eds. One Health case studies: practical applications of the transdisciplinary approach, 19-20: CABI, 2025