Catherine Machalaba

Catherine is the Principal Scientist for Health and Policy at the conservation, global health, and capacity-strengthening organization EcoHealth Alliance. She was a lead author of the World Bank Operational Framework for Strengthening Human, Animal, and Environmental Public Health Systems at their Interface (“One Health Operational Framework”) published in 2018 to assist countries and donor institutions in implementing One Health approaches. She is a member of the One Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP), an expert group formed in 2021 to advise the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the World Organisation for Animal Health, and the United Nations Environment Programme. Catherine is a researcher on several One Health projects focused on improved detection and risk reduction for Rift Valley fever and acute febrile illnesses, as well as projects examining interventions to tackle AMR, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem change. She is active in the American Public Health Association, previously serving as chair of the One Health/Veterinary Public Health Section. Catherine holds an undergraduate degree in biology, a master’s in public health, and a Ph.D. in environmental and planetary health sciences.