Gemma Walmsley
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Gemma is a PhD student in the Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory and a Locum Clinician in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery.
Biography
Gemma qualified as a veterinary surgeon from Cambridge University in 2005, having completed an intercalated degree in Neurophysiology in 2002. Following graduation she moved to the Royal Veterinary College to undertake a general rotating internship in Small Animal Studies followed by specialist clinical training in Veterinary Neurology and Neurosurgery. In 2009 she passed the diploma examination of the European College of Veterinary Neurology.
During her residency she conducted research into canine muscular dystrophy and she joined the Comparative Neuromuscular Diseases Laboratory full time in October 2009 to undertake a PhD project entitled “Membrane trafficking and T-tubule structure and function in canine centronuclear myopathy”. She continues to enjoy clinical work and participates in the emergency service provided by the Neurology and Neurosurgery Service at the Queen Mother Hospital for Animals.