ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE - Key Persons
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- Member of the Nursing Team
Alex Erlen, PhD student, Munich e-mail: alexander.erlen@pharmtox.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Compass Research Assistant
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Compass Research Assistant
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- Compass Research Assistant
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Compass Research Assistant
Abbe is interested in all areas of neurology and neurosurgery, although she has a particular interest in enhancing regeneration in the central nervous system and in the development of new diagnostics and surgical techniques for managing challenging neurological diseases. She is currently working to establish an EEG service at the QMHA to improve our ability to recognise and manage patients with seizures, as well as metabolic encephalopathies.
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- Lecturer in Comparative Pathology
Anke has a particular interest in progressing our understanding of the host-microbe interface in dogs with atopic dermatitis. Anke is also interested in the welfare aspects of chronic skin and ear disease.
Anna qualified from the University of Cambridge Veterinary School in 2001 and has worked in specialist equine hospitals since then. She worked for five years in Sydney, Australia with racehorses and competition horses and joined The Royal Veterinary College Equine Practice in 2006. Anna gained her certificate in Equine orthopaedic surgery in 2009 and enjoys lameness investigations and all aspects of general practice.
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- Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine / Oncology
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- Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology
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- Senior Lecturer in Animal Welfare and Behaviour Science & Deputy Head of Group, Centre for Animal Welfare
Chiara's main fields of interest and research are locoregional anaesthesia, peri-operative pain management and development of anaesthetic techniques for exotic animal species. She is particularly interested in progressing our understanding of pain management and relief in animals.
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- Senior Lecturer in Ophthalmology
Christiane is part of the Ophthalmology service and is particularly interested in conditions affecting on ocular surface disease in dogs, cats and horses. She has a particular interest in progressing our understanding of the therapeutic properties of canine stem cells and disease modelling.
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- Senior Lecturer in Cell and Molecular
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- Associate Professor Companion Animal Epidemiology
- Senior Lecturer in Companion Animal Epidemiology
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- Lecturer in Comparative Pathology
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- Associate Professor in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Elsa has a particular interest in progressing our understanding of post-traumatic epilepsy and other neurological sequelae in dogs after traumatic brain injury. She is also interested in the investigation of inherited neurological disorders and all aspects of neuro-ophthalmology.
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- Lecturer in Clinical Pathology
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- Head of Research Development
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- Equine Veterinary Surgeon
Goncalo graduated from the University of Lisbon, Portugal and started working in the UK in 2003. After some time in practice with an equine ambulatory team in the midlands, Goncalo joined the Dubai Equine Hospital where he completed an internship at the referral hospital and was involved with high performance and competition work. He then returned to the UK where he worked in ambulatory practice in Essex before joining the Royal Veterinary College in 2006.
Goncalo enjoys the multi discipline nature of ambulatory work, in particular equine orthopaedics, ophthalmology and geriatrics.
Harold qualified from the Royal Veterinary College in 2018 having previously completed a degree in biological sciences at the University of Exeter. He stayed on at the RVC equine referral hospital for a year working alongside specialists dealing a variety of referral cases.
Harold then joined an equine ambulatory practice based near Windsor in Berkshire predominantly dealing with sports horses and polo ponies. He was one of the regular duty vets at Guards polo club managing an array of orthopaedic emergencies.
Outside work he loves travelling, cooking and playing polo with his wife India. He is currently training several thoroughbreds off the racetrack to play polo but also enjoys teaching them to jump.
Having re-joined the RVC team in Autumn 2020, Harold really enjoys the mixed nature of equine ambulatory practice but has a particular interest in sports medicine, detistry, diagnostic imaging and surgery.
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- Head of Veterinary Forensic Pathology & Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology
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- Compass PhD Student and Post - Doctoral Researcher
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- Equine Practice Assistant
Jess graduated from the RVC in 2018. As a student she took on additional roles including a year as vice president of the student's union. She undertook placements at numerous equine veterinary hospitals and volunteered at events such as the Royal Windsor Horse Show. Following graduated Jess worked in a well-equipped first opinion practice in West Yorkshire where she gained a wide range of experience in equine emergencies, medical work ups and minor surgical procedures such as sequestrum debridement, sinus trephination and mass removal. 18 months after graduation Jess decided to take the next steps in advancing her career and spent a year working at the University of Liverpool Leahurst Equine Hospital. During this time she rotated through medicine and surgery services, working under the guidance of specialists to assist with referral cases whilst being responsible for inpatient care and student teaching. Jess joined the RVC Equine team in February 2021 and is enjoying the variety of triumphs and challenges each day brings with life of the road as an ambulatory vet. She has undertaken CPD in a number of areas but is particularly interested in gastointestinal conditions and stud medicine.
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- Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery
Joe is interested in all aspects of veterinary neurology and neurosurgery, although he is particularly interesed in the management of acute spinal cord injury and the development of advanced neurosurgical techniques such as transsphenoidal hypophysectomy. Joe's research interests centre around progressing our understanding of acute spinal cord injury in dogs, canine epilepsy and the use of hypophysectomy surgery to treat pituitary disorders in cats and dogs.
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- Postdoctoral Research Associate ( Piercy )
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- Senior Lecturer in Anatomic Pathology
Kata is particularly interested in local anaesthetic techniques, quantitative sensory testing methods and acute and chronic pain management. She has a particular interest in progressing our understanding of pain pathophysiology in animals. Kata is also interested in the application of alternative therapeutic options for pain relief.
Madeleine's research interests are in the ethics of assisted reproductive technologies - including genetic editing - and ethical issues surrounding the use of animals in competitive sport. With Dr Amanda de Mestre, Madeleine also researches endometrial health in mares. Madeleine's clinical expertise in equine artificial reproduction, including subfertility in mares and stallions.
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- Senior Lecturer ( Eq. to Associate Professor ) in Animal Welfare
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- Lecturer in Basic Sciences
Nick graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2003 and joined a busy mixed animal practice in Bedfordshire, treating a diverse range of animals. In 2009, he returned to the RVC joining the Equine Practice so that he could focus exclusively on horses. Nick's clinical interests include dentistry, sports horse medicine, geriatric care and ophthalmology.
He is an APHA Official Veterinarian (OV), an FEI Permitted Treating Veterinarian (PTV), and is British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association (BARTA) trained (Veterinary Large Animal Rescue Level 2).
Alongside his clinical role, Nick is responsible for the development of the Equine Practice. In 2021, he was awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Veterinary Business Management (Pass with Distinction) form the University of Liverpool.
Nick is passionate about disability equestrian sport and is the Honorary Veterinary Surgeon for the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA). He was honoured to attend the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games as the team veterinarian for Ireland.
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- Senior Lecturer in Production Animal Science
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- Professor of Neuroscience
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- Lecturer in Companion Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science
Sandra is particularly interested in chronic pain and has particular interest in progressing our understanding of the mechanism of neuropathic pain and the use of bedside objective measurements for the diagnosis of chronic pain, and the different treatment modalities to promote the quality of life of our patients.
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- Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour and Welfare Science & Head of Group, RC Animal Welfare Science & Ethics
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- Lecturer for Farm Animal Disease Diagnostics
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- Research Fellows
- Senior Fellow Environmental Science
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- Associate Professor in Animal Welfare Science
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- Postdoctoral Research Scientist
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- Member of the Vet Team
- Cert AVP ( DI ) PG Cert Vet Ed
Graeme began his farm career working at dairy farm with 150 cows before completing his National Diploma in Agriculture at Moulton College. He then took some some out travelling in New Zealand where he worked milking 800 cattle. On his return he then began working as a General Farm Worker at The Royal Veterinary College. He then returned as Farm Manager where he manages the herd, spends a lot of time with students, keeping the paperwork up-to-date and accurate, optimising cow performance, liaising with teaching staff, organising appropriate animals for classes and maintaining their welfare.
Welfare is an important part of Graeme's role, he takes great care to minimise the amount of time our cows are waiting for students. A happy cow is one that can eat, drink and rest and this is how we like them to spend their time.
Graeme also has a dog called Berri who sometimes visits the farm with him.
Graeme can be contacted by email: gwebster@rvc.ac.uk
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Development Office Assistant
Mark is responsible for providing administrative support to the Alumni Relations team. Mark joined the College in 2014 after previously working at Oaklands College in St Albans.
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- Clinical Neuromuscular Research Assistant / Hawkshead
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- Equine Client Coordinator
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- Senior Dispensary Technician and Operations Manager Assistant Equine
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- Clinical Research Project Manager
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Senior Client Co - Ordinator
Jason has specialised in equine veterinary care for over 20 years qualifying from Cambridge University in 1992. Working first in Hampshire where he developed the equine side of a mixed practice, he then went on to spend 9 years at Peter Scott Dunns equine hospital in Berkshire. Working with both pleasure and performance horses at all levels of competition, Jason developed his interest in general equine practice, stud work, lameness investigation, back problems and dentistry. Whilst working for Peter Scott Dunns he was routinely the on duty vet at Guards Polo, including the annual Cartier Polo Gold Cup and was also duty racecourse vet at Sandown, Ascot and Kempton. He worked in their equine hospital performing over 1500 equine general anaesthetics and dealing with their post-operative complications and care. He also looked after the equine stud work for this large 10 equine vet practice including AI, with both chilled and frozen semen.
In 2002, Jason moved to Hertfordshire where he joined the RVC equine practice. He was awarded his Royal College Certificate in Equine Practice in 2003 and has since focused on developing a strong team to expand the RVC equine practice. He was appointed an Official Measurer for the JMB in 2006. The practice grew rapidly thanks to the dedication of the team he built up and he continues to steer and develop it in order to maintain its position as a centre of excellence dedicated to serving the horses and owners in the community.
With his other keen life interests, his wife Julia and three children, he has little time for hobbies. He hopes that one day he will return to climbing, riding and skiing.
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- Equine Client Coordinator / Hawkshead
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- Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Nursing
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- Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pathology
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- Assistant Animal Welfare Scientist
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- Head of the Graduate School and Professor in Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology
- Professor of Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology / Head of the Graduate School
Sam is the Alumni Relations Officer and working with Vicki, Sam is responsible for the annual Eclipse magazine, newsletters, alumni website pages and social media. She also enjoys chatting to alumni at various reunion events across the world. Sam is relatively new to the team, joining the RVC in July 2017. You may have also spoken to Sam if you have purchased clothing or gifts from the RVC online shop!
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- Finance Department, Banking & Treasury
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Member of the Nursing Team
Simon participates in the clinical diagnostic service of the RVC (post mortem and surgical biopsy work), is involved in training of residents in anatomic and clinical pathology and has a wide range of publications in collaboration with clinical colleagues within and outwith the RVC.
He is part of an expert panel of pathologists providing a diagnostic histopathology service to the Texas A&M University Gastrointestinal Laboratory.
Simon has a range of research interests, principally infectious respiratory diseases and gastrointestinal diseases of dogs. Simon's PhD was studying a novel betacoronavirus (CRCoV) causing infectious respiratory disease in dogs. He is currently leading a multidisciplinary team to improve diagnostics for canine infectious respiratory disease ('kennel cough') and has many other collaborative research interests including compative cancer pathology and ocular pathology. Simon is a Visiting Scientist/Consultant in Experimental Histopathology at the Francis Crick Institute providing pathology support and expertise to a number of research groups.
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- Meervenne, Collaborative VetCompass Researcher, Copenhagen
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- Member of the Nursing Team
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- Head of Alumni Relations and Events
Vicki is the Head of Alumni Relations and Events and is responsible for setting the strategy and vision for Alumni Relations, planning and implementing programmes and projects to engage alumni and provide tangible benefits to alumni and current students.
She secures commitments from alumni to provide professional expertise and volunteer service; collaborates with other RVC departments to create and maintain pathways for alumni participation and works with colleagues in fundraising to encourage giving to the Alumni Fund.
Working with the Events Manager, she oversees the co-ordination and delivery of the annual calendar of major RVC events. Vicki is a full member of the Institute of Fundraising and worked at the College for over 17 years (in fundraising, events and alumni relations). She has two children and a 6 year standard long haired dachshund called Pepper (short for Pepperoni!) who is incredibly lazy!