Kristina Osbjer

Kristina Osbjer is Director of Science at the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS). She is a Swedish veterinarian (DVM) with a PhD in epidemiology and veterinary public health. Her experience spans from mitigation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to control of zoonotic and high impact transboundary animal diseases, climate change, food safety and One Health collaboration, primarily in low and middle-income countries. Her professional career started in large and small animal clinical practice and involves research on AMR and One Health at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, as well as work for the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, based first in Lao PDR followed by the regional office for Eastern Africa, and as Team Lead in Cambodia. In June 2022, she joined ICARS where she is overseeing the portfolio of nearly 50 projects that support LMICs with adapted interventions and scalable solutions to tackle AMR across the One Health spectrum. Since March 2024 she is also serving as Honorary Associate Professor at University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.