Volker Gerdts
Dr. Volker Gerdts is the Director and CEO of VIDO. He previously served as Associate Director of Research of VIDO from 2007 until 2018. Dr. Gerdts is also a Professor for Veterinary Immunology in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan.
He received a DVM in 1994 from Hanover Veterinary School and a German PhD equivalent from the Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Island of Riems and Hanover Veterinary School, Germany in 1997. He has published > 170 peer-reviewed papers, given > 400 presentations and led several multimillion-dollar projects. He has served in various administrative roles, and served on various editorial boards and national and international scientific review panels. Dr. Gerdts is also a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.