Subject Experts

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Media Area of Interest	Suggested Spokesperson Areas of Research/Professional Interests
General animal welfare issues. Communication of science to lay audiences.	Siobhan Abeyesinghe Social behaviour, learning and cognition, behavioural approaches to assessing sensory capacity and animal welfare.
Obesity in humans and animals	Dr Stephanie Bayol Environmental influences on the development of muscle tissue and consequences for postnatal muscle growth and muscle phenotype Veterinary and comparative anatomy and histology Obesity and offspring
CJD and other diseases that can be passed from animal to human	Dr Clive Bate Neurodegenerative diseases – specifically prion, Alzheimers and Parkinson's disease
Foot and Mouth Bovine Viral Diarrhoea	Prof Joe Brownlie Bovine viral diarrhoea virus and other viruses in cattle
Pet Nutrition	Dr Dan Chan Head of the RVC Nutritional Support Service and Co-Head of the Emergency and Critical Care Unit
Clinical Trials Improving the student experience at the RVC	Prof David Church Vice-Principal - Academic and Clinical Affairs Research on resistance to insulin of diabetic dogs, small animals
Diseases affecting domestic animals	Prof Jonathan Elliott Pathophysiology of renal disease and hypertension in cats, pathophysiology of equine laminitis (diseases of the hoof)
A career as a veterinary nurse and how to keep skills and knowledge relevant	Prof Sue Gregory Professor of Veterinary Nursing
Developing business and entrepreneurial skills within the veterinary profession	Dr Colette Henry Norbrook Professsor of Business & Enterprise Implications of feminization of the veterinary profession
Understanding locomotion - implications for humans and animals	Dr John Hutchinson Musculoskeletal anatomy and homology, locomotor biomechanics and evolution, 3D studies of anatomy and mechanics, how the size of an animal relates to its movement (evolutionary biomechanics) in dinosaurs, elephants, rhinos
Student Admissions (undergraduate and international)	Margaret Kilyon Head of Admissions
Wildlife health, emerging diseases and ecosystems	Prof Richard Kock Professor of Wildlife Health & Emerging diseases. One Health and conservation medicine programme including, research on emerging disease systems arising from pathogen flow between wildlife, livestock and humans
University/industry collaboration Biotechnology and life sciences	Patricia Latter Business Development and commercialisation of research Spinouts Biotech sector
RVC as a centre of excellence in teaching, learning and continuing professional development Collaboration between universities, to advance the profession Developments in Equine veterinary surgery and implications	Prof Stephen May Deputy Principal and Vice-Principal, Teaching Equine studies, the diagnosis and treatment of lameness problems in the horse, pioneering new approaches to teaching, learning and assessment
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)	Dr Jill Maddison CPD and realtions between universities and SME’s to advance the profession through EMS activities
Cost of treating animals and the College’s clinical expertise and services for the veterinary profession	Prof Dan Brockman Director of Clinical Services, Queen Mother Hospital for Animals
The student view	Kay McAllister/Helen Braid President/Deputy President RVC Student Union
Neuromuscular Disease	Dr Richard Piercy Head of the Neuromuscular Diseases laboratory Equine diseases
TB and Avian Flu Virus outbreaks	Prof Dirk Pfeiffer Veterinary epidemiology, lameness in dairy cattle, rabbit haemorrhagic disease, development of decision support systems for animal disease control, avian flu
Making veterinary education more accessible for all	Jon Parry Widening access Diversity in veterinary medicine Undergraduate education
Issues facing the RVC and the veterinary profession	Prof Stuart Reid Principal
Animal health economics; disease in large animals and implications for agriculture, food production etc.	Johnathan Rushton Improving the wellbeing of people and animals through better resource allocation to animal health, disease and welfare problems.
Equine medicine	Prof Josh Slater Professor in Equine Clinical studies. Infectious respiratory diseases, especially the equine herpesviruses and Streptococcus equi, the cause of strangles. Special clinical interests in respiratory and ocular disease
Greyhound and other racing	Dr James Usherwood Mechanics of terrestrial locomotion, including bend running and quadrupedal walking, bird flight, terrestrial and aerial locomotion, indoor 200m sprint results, greyhounds, yellow-footed rock wallabies, flapping flight, dog racing
Translational medicine – accelerating the transition from basic disease discovery to clinical practice	Prof Dominic Wells Professor in Translational Medicine
Athletic performance	Prof Alan Wilson Human sprinting, movement of large animals. Movement of humans, horses, greyhounds, ostriches and camels Conformation of race horses and racehorse speed and movement Gait analysis

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