Osman Ahmed Dar is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and a fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (UK and Pakistan).
At Chatham House, he is director of the Global Health Programme’s One Health project, an umbrella term referring to the Programme’s work on zoonotic diseases, emerging infections, ecological approaches to disease control, antimicrobial resistance, and food safety/security. His current focus here is leading the policy and capacity building work package of the EDCTP-funded PANDORA network, building equitable emerging infection disease research partnerships across Europe and Africa.
In his role at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Osman is a senior medical consultant in global health where he supports health security capacity building initiatives and in designing broader health system strengthening programmes. Osman combines a broad portfolio of functions as a technical operational lead, educational supervisor and senior research academic publishing extensively across public health and related disciplines. He was the lead coordinating author on the 2023 Lancet Series on Global Health Security and One Health.
Since 2021, Osman has been a member and working group co-chair for the One Health High Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP) advising WHO, OIE, FAO and UNEP on their global One Health focused strategies and activities.
