Tomasz Stadejek

Prof. Tomasz Stadejek graduated from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland in 1990. In 1991-2011 he was employed at the Department of Swine Diseases of the National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy, Poland. Since 2012 he is a full professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw, Poland. He obtained his PhD in 1996 and DSc in 2002. In 2007 Prof. Stadejek was nominated by the World Organization for Animal Health (O.I.E.) as an expert for PRRS. He is a member of the Arterivirus Study Group of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. He is a diplomate of the European College for Porcine Health Management and in 2009-2012 he served the secretary of the college. The primary areas of interest are diagnosis, epidemiology and control of porcine virus diseases. Current research is focused on the evolution and genetic and antigenic diversity of European genotype PRRSV and its impact on sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic methods and on efficacy of methods to control the disease.

Updated CV 07-Oct-2013