Last
amendment on 8 September 2012
CURRICULUM VITAE
Professor MVDr Václav K o u b a,
DrSc.
Former Chief, Animal Health Service, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Born:
Married: Anna Holèapková (
Children: Vladimír (1956), Jana (1966)
Qualification
MVDr - Medicinae Veterinariae Doctor (1953),
Languages: Spanish (UN attest – 1978), English (UN attest – 1978), French, Russian, German and Italian.
Career
Lecturer of Epizootiology (1953-1954), External Lecturer
of Epizootiology (1955-1967), professor
and co-founder of Faculty of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and Director of
Institute of Tropical Veterinary Medicine,
Czechoslovak and
National Chief Epizootiologist and Technical Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (1956-1967, 1971-1978).
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations (FAO),
Animal Health Officer (Research and Education) (1978-1983), Animal Health Officer (Veterinary Intelligence) (1984) and Senior Officer (Veterinary Services Group) (1984-1985). Chief, Animal Health Service, AGAH (1988-1991) responsible for United Nations global animal health policy and programmes (the highest professional veterinary post within the UN; D-1 director level). Example of responsibility in 1991 - retirement year: 218 AGAH backstopped international animal health projects, including 39 regional/continental ones, in more than 100 countries).
Visiting Professor of Epizootiology
Havana University, Cuba (1967-1971), Mexico City University, Mexico (1993, 2004), University of Veterinary Sciences, Košice, Slovakia (1993-1998), Czech Agriculture University, Prague (1998-2007), Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague (2008-).
International
Expert
Veterinary Public Health Expert, World Health
Organization (WHO),
Achievements/contributions
First isolation of Aujeszky’s disease virus (incl. its eradication) in Czechoslovakia (1954).
Disease eradication
Main achievements as National Chief Epizootiologist technically responsible for preparation, strategy, methodology, management and results of disease elimination and final eradication national programmes: bovine brucellosis (1959 - 1964), bovine tuberculosis (1959 - 1968), Teschen disease (- 1973), foot-and-mouth disease (- 1975) and hog cholera (- 1979) in Czechoslovakia; Newcastle disease (- 1980), infectious gastroenteritis of swine (- 1981), swine brucellosis (- 1985) and Aujeszky’s disease (- 1987) in Czech Republic.
Eradication
of foot-and-mouth disease in Mongolia (1964) as the Chief of Czechoslovak veterinary expedition contributing in
decisive manner to block panzootic wave and to final eradication during only
five months. More information
in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/fmdmongolia.htm.
Initiator, co-manager and head of working
group elaborating programme for mass screening and control measures against animal
brucellosis, tuberculosis and glanders in Mongolia covering all provinces
implemented by veterinary expeditions of five countries during 1966-1968 (37.6
million specific tests). More
information in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/zoonoses-mongolia.htm.
As an international specialist contributed
to the eradication of African swine fever panzootic
in
As leading FAO animal health officer initiated
in 1989 and contributed to the eradication of myiasis
Cochliomyia hominivorax panzootic in Northern Africa (in record time – 1991 - using biological method) regaining free
status in the whole Eastern hemisphere (Chairman, FAO/IFAD Action Group for
Screwworm Eradication in Northern Africa). More information
in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/screwworm.htm.
As the Chief, Animal Health Service, FAO
contributed to rinderpest (the most
important killing disease) global eradication programme successfully completed
in 2010 - first animal infection
globally eradicated ! This was the apex of his professional career. (FAO
message on
Education and training
Contribution to the
establishment and development of postgraduate training of the veterinarians in
Technical Secretary responsible for the Fourth FAO/WHO Expert
Consultation on Veterinary Education,
Initiator and co-founder
of new regional veterinary faculty,
Strengthening veterinary faculties in:
Development of Animal Health School for Persian Gulf States at Al Hassa, Saudi Arabia (1978-1981).
Foundation of Epizootiology Department,
Organizing of and lecturing in many national and international postgraduate courses. E.g. FAO/SIDA International Postgraduate Courses in Pathology and Reproduction for future university professors (“teach teachers to teach”) held at different Universities (1978-1984): Uppsala, Sweden (1979); Lahore, Pakistan (1978), Tirupati, India (1978) and Bangkok, Thailand (1983) – for Asian participants; Nairobi, Kenya (1980, 1981) for African participants; Mexico City, Mexico (1979) and Lima, Peru (1982) for Latin America participants.
Initiator, organizer and lecturer of Seminars on Epizootiology and Economics: for Directors General of State Veterinary Services of Francophone African countries in Niamey, Niger (1983) and of Latin America countries in Lima, Peru (1984); for national specialists in Hanoi, Vietnam (1984).
Training on the
application of his EPIZOO software,
Epizootiology
development
Foundation of action-oriented epizootiology.
General Epizootiology university textbooks (in Czech, 1972, in Spanish, 1975 and 1987, in English, 1995 and 2004). EPIZTEXT - first electronic textbook of General Epizootiology (1999) (available in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/textbook.htm).
Research and practical application of methods for animal population health protection and disease control/eradication, particularly in territories with prevailing large animal production units. Development of methods for territorial anti-epizootic planning and managing.
Development and practical application of preparedness methods for very dangerous diseases – emergency planning and field simulation exercises.
- Foundation (1958) and development of Czechoslovak network of provincial
and district epizootiologists - as National Chief Epizootiologist.
Co-foundation of new global FAO/WHO/OIE animal health information system (1979-1991).
Significant expansion of global network of FAO/WHO reference laboratories and collaborating centres for specific diseases and main branches of veterinary medicine (1988-1991).
Duty travels
Solution of animal population health and disease problems in 75 countries outside of his home country.
Publications
More than 800 articles on epizootiology principles and methods, methodology for local and territorial prevention and eradication of communicable diseases, bovine brucellosis, bovine tuberculosis, foot-and-mouth disease, system of quantitative indicators for animal population health/disease analyses, animal health economics, disease spreading through trade, globalization of diseases, etc. Exhaustive list in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/publications.htm.
Editorial
activities
Editor-in-Chief
of the global trilingual
FAO-WHO-OIE Animal Health Yearbook (1979-1985 and 1987-1988). Editor-in-Chief,
FAO New World Screwworm Newsletter (1989-1990). Editor-Assistant,
Enfermedades Exoticas, FAO Oficina Regional para America Latina y el Caribe,
Software:
Complex system of indicators for animal health/disease analyses
applicable for any animal species, disease, time and space: Spanish written EPIZOOT
(1991); English
written EPIZOO and EPIZMETH (more than 300 methods) distributed by the World
Health Organization,
Memberships
World Veterinary Association, Education Committee (1978-1985);
International Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (1979 -); World Association for the History of Veterinary Medicine
(1995 -).
Member of American
Association for the Advancement
of Science (2001-); Member of Research Board of Advisers, American
Biographical Institute, Inc. (2000 -).
Former member of many scientific councils of
different universities and professional institutions. Secretary
of Czechoslovak Government Commission for the eradication of bovine
tuberculosis and brucellosis (Government Resolution No.781 of 16 September
1959).
Awards
Outstanding Work Order, Czechoslovak Government (1966); State Order, Mongolian Government (1966); State Order, Cuban Government (1973), several awards of Czech and Slovak Ministries of Agriculture and State Veterinary Services.
Several awards of
Honourable President, Cuban Scientific Society for Epizootiology (1971) and Cuban Veterinary Scientific Society (1982).
Conclusion.
The basic criterion of the author (as
the responsible leader or actively participating specialist) were the practical
results -
final eradication of transmissible animal diseases: at the local level (hundreds
of outbreaks in the former
Czechoslovakia during the years 1954-1978),
at the entire state level (bovine
brucellosis in 1964, bovine tuberculosis in
1968, foot and mouth disease. in 1975 in the former Czechoslovakia; foot and mouth disease in Mongolia in 1964), at the continental level (eradication of the first and unique case of African swine fever in the Western hemisphere in 1971; eradication
of the first and unique case of the myiasis
- screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax
in the Eastern hemisphere in 1991, the eradication of foot and
mouth disease in Europe in 1991) and at global level (worldwide
eradication of
rinderpest in 2010).
Global historical
priority products elaborated
by Prof. Dr V. Kouba as the first
author in the world:
-
first English
written university textbook
„General Epizootiology“ in 1995;
-
first Spanish
written university textbook
„Epizootiología general“ in
1975;
-
first electronic
university textbook „General
Epizootiology“ in 1999;
-
first software for complex analyses
of population health and diseases
(containing about 300 methods written in English), applicable for any disease
at any place
and time used in animal as well as in human medicine, called EPIZOO (globally distributed by World Health Organization, Geneva) in 1993.
References
Marquis Who´s Who in the World 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Marquis Who’s Who
in Science and Engineering
1998, 1999, 2000/2001,
2002/2003, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009
Marquis Who´s Who in America 2009
The American Biographical Institute,
1000
Leaders of World Influence, 2000, 2001
Leading Intellectuals of the World, 2000/2001, 2002/2003
500 Leaders of World Influence, 2001, 2003,
2004
Great Minds of the 21st Century,
2001, 2002, 2007/2008, 2010 (Fifth Edition)
Greatest Minds of the
21st Century, 2004
The Contemporary Who’s Who, 2003, second edition
The Contemporary Who’s Who of
Professionals, 2004/2005, 2007
International Directory of Experts and
Expertise, 2006
Register of the
World’s Most Respected Experts, 2007
International Profiles of Accomplished Leaders + Lifetime Achievement Award, 2007
The Book of
Knowledge, 2004
500
Greatest Geniuses of the 21st Century,
2008
International Biographical
Centre (IBC),
2000 Outstanding Scientists of the
20th Century, 2000, 2001
Leading Intellectuals of the World, 2000/2001, 2002/2003
Who’s Who in the
21st Century,2002
One Thousand Great Scientists, 2002
500 Founders of the 21st Century,
2001
The First Five Hundred,
2003/2004
2000 Outstanding Scientists of the
21st Century, 2001, 2002, 2004/5, 2006
2000 Eminent Scientists
of Today, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals
of the 21st Century, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008
Dictionary of International
Biography, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010,
2011 (36th Edition)
International Biographical
Centre, 2003, 2004
2000 Outstanding Europeans
of the 21st Century, 2002, 2003
Leading Educators of the 21st Century,
2002
Great Lives of the 21st Century, 2004
Outstanding People of the 21 Century,
2008
The Cambridge Blue Book of Foremost
International Scientists –
2007, 2008
2000 Outstanding Scientists
2008/2009, 2010
The International Register of Profiles,
2001, 2003
Longman
Group UK Limited:
- Who’s Who in Science in
More information see in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/references.ppt.
A n n
e x
International nominations
and awards offered by:
International Biographical Centre
(IBC),
- International
Man of the Year 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2010
-
Outstanding Scientist of the 20th Century
Medal, 2001
-
International Order of Merit, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
-
Outstanding Speaker Award,
2000
-
Associate of the International Biographical Centre, 2000
-
International Personality of
the Year 2001
-
International Scientist of the Year
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
-
Deputy Director General of the
IBC
- The Order of International
Fellowship 2003
- Vice Consul of the IBC - 2003
- International Biographical Centre Living Legends, 2003
- International Ambassador of Goodwill, 2003
- The Worldwide Honours List, 2003
- 21th Century Award for Achievement, 2001, 2003,
2008
- The Lifetime of Achievement
One Hundred, 2001, 2003,
2004
- Order of Distinction, 2003
- Lifetime Scientific Achievement Award, 2004
- Living Science Award, 2004
- The Hall of Fame,
2004
- World Peace and Diplomatic
Forum, 2004
- IBC Companion of Honour, 2002
- IBC Living Legends, 2003
- One-in-a Million Medal, 2000
- Individual Awards Recognizing Outstanding Achievement, 2002
- Scientific Faculty, Cambridge, England – Founder Member, 2001
- Vice Consul of the International
Biographical Centre, 2003
- Deputy Director General, IBC,2002
- Top 100 Scientists
– Pinnacle of Achievement Award 2005
- The IBC Meritorious Decoration, 2005
- The Archimedes Award, 2006
- Top 100 Scientists
– 2006, 2005, 2007, 2008
- International Biographical Association Scientist of the
Year for 2006
- Inaugural Member of the IBC Leading
Scientists of the World 2006
- Outstanding Scientist of the
21st Century – Inaugural Edition, 2007
- International Medal of Honour,
2006, 2007, 2008
-
I.B.C. Diploma of Achievement 2006/2007
- The Cambridge Blue Book – 2008 – Awards
- Leading Scientists of the
World, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Adviser to Director general, IBC, 2000
- IBC Foremost Scientists of the
World - 2008
- International Professional of the Year
2008
- Leading Educators in the World – 2008
- International Educator of the Year 2008
- Top 100 Educators 2009
- The International Einstein Award for Scientific
Achievement, 2009
- The Da Vinci Diamond – Da Vinci Laureate 2009
-
The American Biographical Institute (ABI),
-
Year 2000 Universal Award of Accomplishment,
2000
-
Man of the Year 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010
-
World Laureate of the American
Biographical Institute, 2001
-
2001 Platinum Record for Exceptional Performance
- Induction into the American
Hall of Fame
for Distinguished Accomplishments,
2003, 2009
- American Medal of Honor, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004
- The Contemporary Elite, 2004
- World Lifetime Achievement Award, 2004
- The Contemporary Diamond Award, 2004
- Universal Award of Accomplishment,
2000, 2001
- Outstading Man of the 21st Century,2002
- The World Book of
Knowledge, 2004
- Gold Record of Achievement
for the Year 2002
- Presidential Seal of Honor, 2002
- Member of the World
Institute of Achievement,
2000
- 2005 Man of Achievement Award
- 2006 Man of Achievement Award
- Man of the Year – A Celebrated
Collection of Biographies – 1990-2006
- Gold medal for the Czech
Republic, 2006, 2007, 2010
- The World Medal of
Freedom, 2006
- Listed in the Register of
the World’s Most Respective Experts, 2006
- Consulting
Editor of International Profiles of Accomplished
Leaders, 2007
- 2006 Man of
Science Award
- Leading Scientists of the
World, 2006
- Order of International Embassadors, 2001
- Consulting Editor
of the Contemporary
Who’s Who, 2002, 2003
- The Research Board of Advisors – member,
2002, 2003
- ABI Research Fellow, 2005, 2006
- The Board of Governors
of the ABI – membership offer
- The 100 Most Intriguing People of 2002
- Man of the Year
in Science 2008, 2009
- Most Notable Intellectual 2008
- Man of the Year representing
Czech Republic 2009, 2010
- Induction into the 2009 Order
of International Merit
- Albert Einstein Award
of Excellence for 2011
- 2011 Man of the Year in Medicine
and Healthcare
Others:
United Cultural Convention (The Office of the
General-in-Residence),
- International Peace Price, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007
The American Biographical Institute Research
Association – offer of the membership
and of Deputy
Governor post, 2001
- Master Diploma, with honors,
2005
American
Association for the Advancement of Science – 2001 Membership Certificate
World
Peace and Diplomacy Forum – membership offer, 2004
More information see
in http://vaclavkouba.byl.cz/nominations.ppt.