Rohini Roopnarine, DVM, M.Phil, EdD (Higher Education), MRCVS
Professor
Biography
Rohini Roopnarine is Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology and Veterinary Public health at St. George’s University in Grenada. Rohini earned her DVM from the University of Liverpool, UK in 1996. After completing her DVM, she was awarded a Clinical Scholarship by the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK where she completed a Small Animal rotating internship in Medicine, Anesthesia and Surgery. Rohini received a postgraduate Medical Sciences scholarship from the University of the West Indies in Trinidad, in 2003 to conduct an M.Phil in Veterinary Public Health. Rohini subsequently completed a Doctorate in Education (EdD) (Higher Education) from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The focus of her thesis was on evaluating the factors influencing the development of Interprofessional Education that includes One Health for medical (MD), veterinary (DVM) and dual degree MD and DVM Master of Public Health (MPH) students.
She has a passion for One Health Education and a deep interest in Instructional Technology and the role of the Vet in Sustainability and Planetary Health Education. She was involved in the RCVS accreditation status obtained by the St. George’s University DVM program in 2015, due to the creation of a parallel Global Veterinary Public Health Track. In May 2022, she was awarded the status of Diplomate (Hon.) of the American Veterinary Epidemiology Society (AVES) at the AVMA in Philadelphia for significant research contributions to public health and animal health within the framework of a One Health focus. She is a past member of the National Academies of Practice (Vet Med)and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH) in 2025.
Contact Information
Areas of Interest
- Planetary health education
- Climate change and health
- Interprofessional Education
- One Health Education
- Educational research
Affiliations
- Interprofessional Collaboration group members: Colorado State, UF, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin-Madison, Minnesota
- European Cooperative on Science and Technology (COST). Invited One Health Consultant
- Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
- Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH)
Selected Publications
- Can Interprofessional Education (IPE)that embeds One Health be an effective platform for climate change education in Veterinary and Medical curricula? American Journal of Veterinary Research. Accepted Jan 30, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.24.12.0385
- Coughlin, Jacqueline Paige, et al. "Molecular and Genetic Characterization of Arcobacter Species Isolated from Chicken Feces and Chicken Giblets from Grenada, West Indies." Microorganisms 13.7 (2025): 1495.
Selected Projects
- Current: Identification of zoonotic intestinal parasites and factors influencing the parasite status in mountain gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable Park, Uganda. DVM MSc students. Jamila Norman and Fabiola Casanova Crespo.
- Fall 2025: Exploring faculty and student perceptions of incorporating climate change health competencies into health professions programs through Interprofessional Education (IPE).Students: Emma Matz and Rachel La Rue
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