Dr. Abdul Rahman Omar, Chair of MyOHUN, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Dr AR Omar (aro), obtained his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Malaysia in 1991 and PhD from Cornell University, the USA in 1997. Upon completion his PhD, he joined the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FVM).

Since 2008, he has served as the Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at FVM, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). He was the Director of the Institute of Bioscience, UPM (2011-2019) and the Dean of the FVM, UPM (2019-2022). He has served as President of Malaysia One Health University Network (MyOHUN) since 2019 and the President of the World Veterinary Poultry Association (Malaysia) since 2020.

He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in avian disease and health. His research interest is in using biotechnology and immunogenomics approaches to develop diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics against poultry diseases.