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 is the acting Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Swiss TPH and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Basel. 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

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, xix-xx: CABI, 2025

Danielsen S, Schaffner U, Zinsstag J. Worlds apart: plant health and One Health and a path to convergence. CABI One Health. 2025;4(1):0013. DOI: 10.1079/cabionehealth.2025.0013

Dominguez-Bello M.G et al. The microbiota vault initiative: safeguarding Earth's microbial heritage for future generations. Nat Commun. 2025;16:5373. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61008-5

Humos L et al. Implementing One Health in Palestine: mapping ministerial mechanisms for pandemic preparedness, zoonotic disease control, and inter-sectoral collaboration. One Health. 2025;20:101100. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101100

Ibrahim A.M et al. Prevalence of fast food consumption and associated factors among secondary school adolescents in Jigjiga Town Somali Region Eastern Ethiopia. PLoS One. 2025;20(7):e0327787. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0327787

Kaiser-Grolimund A et al. Does One Health need an ontological turn?. Crit Public Health. 2025;35(1):2497358. DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2025.2497358

Muhummed A.M, Lanker K.C, Yersin S, Zinsstag J, Vonaesch P. One Health, One Microbiome. Microbiome. 2025;13:216. DOI: 10.1186/s40168-025-02231-6

Nuvey F.S et al. Effects of community action on animal vaccination uptake, antimicrobial usage, and farmers' wellbeing in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial. One Health. 2025;20:100952. DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2024.100952