Marta Hernandez-Jover

Professor Marta Hernandez-Jover

Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health

Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences

Biography

Professor Marta Hernandez-Jover is a Professor in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health and the Associate Head of the School Research at the School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga. Her main interests and current research focus on biosecurity, animal health surveillance and risk analysis methods applied to infectious animal diseases and public health. Marta graduated in 2000 from the Universitat Autonoma of Barcelona in Spain, where she also completed her PhD on livestock traceability in 2006. In 2006, Marta joined the University of Sydney as an Epidemiology research fellow working on traceability, biosecurity, disease surveillance and risk analysis.

Marta started at the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at CSU in 2012, where she teaches epidemiology, public health and food safety to veterinary students. She has led and contributed to research on biosecurity and disease surveillance among livestock producers in Australia, investigating implementation of and drivers for engagement with biosecurity and animal health management practices. She was the Acting Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation in 2019 and the Associate Head of the School Research as SAEVS in 2021/2022. Since completing her PhD, Professor Hernandez-Jover has published over 95 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has attracted over $4M research funds since starting at CSU.

Research
  • Biosecurity and disease surveillance among livestock producers in Australia,
  • Investigating implementation of and drivers for engagement with biosecurity and animal health management practices
  • Integration of social and biological sciences for understanding human behaviour in biosecurity and animal health management
Publications
Full publications list on CRO

Recent publications

  • Hernandez-Jover, M., Schembri, N., Hayes, L., Manyweathers, J., & Brookes, V. J. (2026). Understanding biosecurity and emergency animal disease preparedness of those involved in the management of pigs in New South Wales, Australia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 246, 1-14. Article 106737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106737
  • Manyweathers, J., Rees, J., Hayes, L., Schembri, N., Brookes, V. J., & Hernandez-Jover, M. (2025). Assessing the impact of behaviour change intervention strategies on the biosecurity knowledge, attitudes, and practices of pig producers in New South Wales, Australia. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 244, 1-8. Article 106636. 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106636 
  • Manyweathers, J., Hayes, L., Rampano, B., Higgins, N., & Hernandez-Jover, M. (2025). Engagement by New South Wales marine estate users with and evaluation of communication approaches to strengthen biosecurity practices. Environmental Management, 75(10), 2614-2624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-025-02221-2
  • Manyweathers, J., Thi Huyen, N., Thi Kim Cuc, N., Xie, G., Dinh, N. C., Thong, T. T., Ha, L. T., Nguyen, N. P. T., Thi Le Quyen, N., Hayes, L., Hernandez-Jover, M., Li, Y., Kelly, J., & Bond, J. (2025). Improving understanding of household level biosecurity challenges for smallholder pig producers in Vietnam: A pilot for data collection and capacity building opportunities. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 245, 1-8. Article 106691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2025.106691
  • Li, Y., Huyen, N. T., Cuc, N. T. K., Dinh, N. C., Thong, T. T., Ha, L. T., Nguyen, N. P. T., Hernandez-Jover, M., Kelly, J., & Manyweathers, J. (2025). Incidence and risk factors of infectious diseases in smallholder pig farms in Vietnam. Research in Veterinary Science, 193, 1-8. Article 105726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2025.105726