Dr. Paolo Tizzani is a veterinarian, graduated in 2000. Until 2015, he worked at Turin University (Italy) - Department of Veterinary Sciences. His research work mainly focused on the ecology of diseases in wildlife. He held a PhD in parasitology in 2007. During the years 2010 – 2015, he worked in several EU-funded projects for the control of infectious animal diseases. Dr. Tizzani joined WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health) headquarter in Paris in 2015, as Veterinary Epidemiologist, and his main activities include epidemiological analysis in relation with world animal health situation, epidemic intelligence activity to evaluate the sensitivity and quality of international animal disease reporting, improvement of the quality of health data collected in wildlife. Currently, he is also concentrating on epidemic intelligence to enhance the early detection of animal health threats. Dr. Tizzani is currently in force to the WOAH Data Integration and Analytics Department. He is the author or co-author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles published in international journals.