Dr. Angus LAM

B.Sc. M.Sc. Ph.D.
Postdoc

Contact Information:
Phone: +852 3442 4047
Email: ctalam2@cityu.edu.hk

Dr. Angus Lam is a veterinary epidemiologist specializing in disease spread simulation modelling in animal husbandry settings. Currently, he serves as a postdoc at the Centre for Applied One Health Research and Policy Advice (OHRP) at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU). In this role, he is involved in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, conducting epidemiological research, and coordinating research activities within the centre. Angus is also affiliated with the UKRI GCRF One Heath Poultry Hub as a research fellow. The hub’s mission is to apply an interdisciplinary and intersectoral One Health approach to address the increasing risk and impacts of poultry diseases on human and animal health, food security, and livelihoods in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. His primary focus within the hub is utilizing modelling to develop strategies for disease prevention and control in poultry farming. Additionally, Angus recently joined the Lancet-PPATS Commission on Prevention of Viral Spillover, a newly established commission dedicated to mobilizing decision-makers to take transdisciplinary action in limiting viral spillovers through research, policy, law, and practice. The commission aims to reduce the risk of future pandemics while promoting a healthier, more sustainable, and more equitable future.

Angus graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, UK, in 2018 with a Bachelor’s degree in Veterinary Science. Following this, he earned his Master’s degree in Veterinary Epidemiology from the Royal Veterinary College, UK, in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK, in 2019. In 2023, Angus completed his Interdisciplinary PhD in Veterinary Medicine from CityU, in collaboration with Cornell University, USA. His doctoral thesis focused on developing a disease spread simulation model for the transmission of the Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia disease between saltwater salmonid farms in Chile.