Veterinarian and Associate Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Health Program
BVetMed, MVSc, MRCVS, Lucyis a veterinarian and Associate Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Health Program. Dr. Keatts has extensive experience implementing and bridging capacity for research and surveillance for zoonotic and emerging diseases at wildlife-human-domestic animal interfaces around the globe, and in supporting the development of locally relevant wildlife disease surveillance networks from local to national levels. She is committed to promoting collaborative, interdisciplinary One Health approaches to understanding and mitigating emerging infectious and non-infectious health threats at the nexus between conservation and health.
Key strengths: Coordinating with diverse multi-sectoral and trans-disciplinary stakeholders to achieve a One Health approach that elevates science, highlights the interconnectedness of environmental, animal and human health, and incorporates local community and Indigenous Knowledge and the social sciences; developing veterinary, wildlife health and One Health capacity in lower and middle-income countries for in-service professionals and students; employing a One Health approach to disease surveillance, response and mitigation; communications and outreach pertaining to One Health, wildlife health, and emerging diseases; collaborating with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams.
Lucy is a member of the Civil Society College of the Steering Committee.