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Juan Pablo Villanueva Cabezas

Docente Investigador

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepcion, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Epidemiologist working at the human-animal-environment interface. Research focuses on One Health pandemic preparedness, household transmission investigations, zoonotic disease risk assessment, and biosecurity capacity-building in Latam and Asia

Educación

  •  Epidemiology, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. Australia, 2019
  •  Epidemiology, UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE. Australia, 2014
  •  Medico Veterinario, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2011
  •  Ciencias Veterinarias, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2006
  •  Epidemiologia Veterinaria, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 2010

Experiencia Académica

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sicences

    Melbourne, Australia

    2019 - 2025

  •   Docente Investigador Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIAN

    Medicina Veterinaria

    Concepción, Chile

    2026 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Representante Full Time

    Veterquimica

    Santiago, Chile

    2010 - 2012

  •   Representante Full Time

    Laboratorio Cassará

    Santiago, Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Research Fellow Full Time

    University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    2019 - 2025

  •   Docente Investigador Full Time

    Universidad San Sebastián

    Concepción, Chile

    2026 - A la fecha

Premios y Distinciones

  •   Sustainability Campus Management – Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Research

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Australia, 2024

    Excellence in teaching for the One Health subjects I co-coordinated at the University of Melbourne

  •   University of Melbourne Excellence Awards

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Australia, 2023

    Excellence in Public Benefit for the work done in Indonesia delivering the workshop Foundations in Health Security

  •   Teaching award for curriculum innovation

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Chile, 2022

    Award for teaching innovation in One Health subject I co-coordinated

  •   Dean's Honours List

    UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

    Chile, 2014

    Awarded to Students who completed master's studies with an H1 level (above 80% performance overall)


 

Article (13)

Dairy consumers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards zoonotic bovine tuberculosis in a country without veterinary and public health interventions: A cross-sectional study in Bhutan

Rinchen, Sangay; Dorjee, Sithar; Van Der Zwan, Abigail; Pem, Rinzin; Campbell, Patricia Therese; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo

Article ISI
PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE  (2026)

The tip of the iceberg: high-risk contacts for hemorrhagic fevers of swine in the Caribbean

Castillo, Guillermo Arcega; Schulte, Rachael; Schultze, Michelle L.; Herve-Claude, Luis Pablo; Birtcil, B. C.; Boden, Lisa; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Gallagher, Christa A.; Navarrete-Talloni, Maria Jose; Perez, Andres M.; et al.

Article ISI
VETERINARY RESEARCH  (2026)

African swine fever knowledge, attitudes and practices of pig farmers of Saint Kitts, Nevis, Saint Eustatius, Saint Lucia and Saba; West Indies

Herve-Claude, Luis Pablo; Gallagher, Christa; Navarrete-Talloni, Maria Jose; Boden, Lisa; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE  (2025)

Dairy farmers have minimal knowledge of bovine tuberculosis: A cross-sectional study in Bhutan

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo; Dorjee, Sithar; McKinley, Justin; Pem, Rinzin; Rinchen, Sangay

Article ISI
PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES  (2025)

Systematic review of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of dairy farmers and consumers towards bovine tuberculosis in low- and middle-income countries

Van Der Zwan, Abigail; Campbell, Patricia T.; Shi, Nancy; De Bortoli, Nikita; Pablo Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan

Article ISI
PREVENTIVE VETERINARY MEDICINE  (2024)

Estimation of a Within-Herd Transmission Rate for African Swine Fever in Vietnam

Le, Van Phan; Lan, Nguyen Thi; Canevari, Jose Tobias; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Padungtod, Pawin; Trinh, Thi Bich Ngoc; Nguyen, Van Tam; Pfeiffer, Caitlin N.; Oberin, Madalene V.; Firestone, Simon M.; et al.

Article ISI
ANIMALS  (2023)

Household transmission investigation: Design, reporting and critical appraisal

Price, David J.; Spirkoska, Violeta; Marcato, Adrian J.; Meagher, Niamh; Fielding, James E.; Karahalios, Amalia; Bergeri, Isabel; Lewis, Hannah; Valenciano, Marta; Pebody, Richard; et al.

Article ISI
INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES  (2023)

Capturing Household Structure and Mobility within and between Remote Aboriginal Communities in Northern Australia Using Longitudinal Data: A Pilot Study

Goldsmith, Jessie J.; Campbell, Patricia T.; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Chisholm, Rebecca H.; McKinnon, Melita; Gurruwiwi, George G.; Dhurrkay, Roslyn G.; Dockery, Alfred M.; Geard, Nicholas; Tong, Steven Y. C.; et al.

Article ISI
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH  (2022)

One Health education should be early, inclusive, and holistic

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Winkel, Kenneth D.; Campbell, Patricia T.; Wiethoelter, Anke; Pfeiffer, Caitlin

Article ISI
LANCET PLANETARY HEALTH  (2022)

Antibiotic Prescription in Veterinary Consultations in Bhutan: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Rinzin, Karma; Dorjee, Sithar; Tshewang, Pema; Namgyel, Ugyen; Sharma, Puspa Maya; Stevenson, Mark A.; McVernon, Jodie

Article ISI
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE  (2021)

Classical swine fever: challenges for the emerging swine sector in Bhutan

Villanueva-Cabezas, J. P.; Wangchuk, J.

Article ISI
TROPICAL ANIMAL HEALTH AND PRODUCTION  (2020)

Turnover of Village Chickens Undermines Vaccine Coverage to Control HPAI H5N1

Villanueva-Cabezas, J. P.; Campbell, P. T.; McCaw, J. M.; Durr, P. A.; McVernon, J.

Article ISI
ZOONOSES AND PUBLIC HEALTH  (2017)

Vaccine efficacy against Indonesian Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1: systematic review and meta-analysis

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan P.; Durr, Peter A.; McVernon, Jodie

Article ISI
VACCINE  (2017)

Letter (3)

One Health pandemic preparedness: the role of companion animals in disease transmission

Marcato, Adrian J.; Meagher, Niamh; Spirkoska, Violeta; Arnott, Alicia; McVernon, Jodie; Price, David J.; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo

Letter ISI
LANCET  (2024)

One health: A brief appraisal of the Tripartite - UNEP definition



Letter ISI
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES  (2022)

One Health needs a vision beyond zoonoses

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Rajkhowa, Arjun; Campbell, Angus J. D.

Letter ISI
TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES  (2020)

Review (5)

One Health epidemiology: A scoping systematic review of observational studies and their epidemiologic units

Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo; Barot, Max; Campbell, Patricia T.; Dardis, Lauren; Ortega-Pajares, Amaya

Review ISI
CABI ONE HEALTH  (2026)

A scoping review of transmission models for soil-transmitted helminth infections to underpin the development of a transmission model for <i>Strongyloides stercoralis</i>

Winslow, Mackrina; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo; Colella, Vito; Campbell, Patricia T.

Review ISI
PARASITOLOGY  (2024)

The Asymptomatic Proportion of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Infections in Households: A Systematic Review

Shi, Nancy D. J.; Marcato, Adrian J.; Spirkoska, Violeta; Meagher, Niamh; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo; Price, David J.

Review ISI
INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES  (2024)

South Asian dairy smallholders: A scoping review of practices and zoonoses

Schembri, Emily; Campbell, Angus J. D.; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan Pablo

Review ISI
ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE  (2023)

Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in standardised first few X cases and household transmission investigations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lewis, Hannah C.; Marcato, Adrian J.; Meagher, Niamh; Valenciano, Marta; Villanueva-Cabezas, Juan-Pablo; Spirkoska, Violeta; Fielding, James E.; Karahalios, Amalia; Subissi, Lorenzo; Nardone, Anthony; et al.

Review ISI
INFLUENZA AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES  (2022)

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Mauricio Coppo

Profesor Investigador

Universidad Andrés Bello

Talcahuano, Chile

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Juan Villanueva

Docente Investigador

Universidad San Sebastián

Concepcion, Chile