Dr. Julius D. Keyyu is the Director of Research Development and Coordination at the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI), a Government Institute with the mandate to conduct, coordinate and supervise wildlife research in Tanzania. He has a background in Veterinary Science and a PhD from the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). Dr. Keyyu has 25 years of research experience on ecosystem and population health especially wildlife disease ecology. His research work has mainly been on disease ecology at the human-livestock-wildlife interface using a One health approach on viral, bacterial, parasitic, and zoonotic diseases.