Dr Venn Vutey
Chair, Department of Veterinary Para-Clinical Sciences & Vice Dean of Research, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM), Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) Cambodia
In 2004 Dr Vutey joined the faculty at RUA, where he devoted his career to veterinary medicine. There he has developed and implemented a curriculum for the six year doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM) program.
In addition to creating content-based instructional materials, he has developed many activities to engage lecturers and upgrade their capacity in relation to veterinary medicine. He teaches biochemistry and molecular biology (for BVSc program) and Risk Analysis (for DVM program).
Dr Vutey’s research focuses on AMR and Risk Analysis of Food Safety. He searches for innovative ways to apply the knowledge for pre-vet, para-vet and clinical vet techniques to increase active learning in the veterinary science laboratory, particularly for identification of bacteria, inhibition and serology-ELISA & molecular-PCR test.
Dr Vutey is also AMR focal point officially appointed by the agriculture ministry. Dr. Vutey served as a Swine Technical Expert for commercial pig farm of M’s Pig ACMC Cambodia Co., Ltd, Mong Rithy Group; as a project coordinator for Day One Platform for veterinary education (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) and Medical Waste Management (US-DTRA) for RUA.
Dr Vutey received a BVSc and MS GIDAR from RUA, Dipl Agri/Biology from National Institute of Education of MoEYS, Cambodia, MS VetMed within major in Veterinary Public Health and minor in Veterinary Internal Medicine from College of Veterinary Medicine, UPLB, Philippines, and a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
From the GEAReD Blog …
When Mentoring Makes an Impact
Meryl Williams Fellow Vouchsim Kong and her mentor Dr Venn Vutey have joined forces to conduct experimental research into African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus in Cambodia. Together they have advanced the detection of AFS Virus and contributed to regional awareness of this significant biosecurity risk.
United in the pursuit of gender equality
Mr and Mrs Venn were formally united during a traditional Khmer ceremony in April, having first met at an international conference in Thailand in 2012. After becoming colleagues at the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA), their paths diverged while Venn completed his PhD in Italy (from 2013-16) and Vouchsim completed an exchange master program in Austria and her Masters in Australia.