Jackie Cardwell
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Jackie is a Lecturer in Epidemiology. Her research interests include equine infectious disease epidemiology, companion animal clinical epidemiology and zoonotic disease epidemiology.
Biography
Jackie qualified from The University of Cambridge in 1994. She spent six years in mixed general practice, during which time she developed an interest in preventive and evidence-based medicine.
In 2000 she joined the Epidemiology Unit at the Animal Health Trust in Newmarket (AHT Website). There she was responsible for equine infectious disease surveillance, the provision of advice and support to practitioners dealing with equine infectious disease outbreaks and the clinical care of a large herd of Welsh Mountain ponies. She also worked on risk assessments for the investigation of potentially zoonotic equine infections and the development of a syndrome-based decision-tree approach to surveillance for incursions of exotic equine infectious diseases into the UK.
In 2007 she completed a PhD on the epidemiology of Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) in National Hunt racehorses, a study that encompassed tracheal endoscopy, multilocus sequence typing of equine S. zooepidemicus isolates, sequencing of the equine transferrin gene and multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression modelling. Throughout her PhD she continued to provide locum cover for local small animal practices and an RSPCA wildlife hospital. Jackie joined the Royal Veterinary College Epidemiology Division as a Lecturer in April 2008.
Research
Jackie’s research interests include equine infectious disease epidemiology, companion animal clinical epidemiology and zoonotic disease epidemiology. In collaboration with Dr Sarah Blott and Dr June Swinburne of the Animal Health Trust, she has recently been awarded funding from the Horserace Betting Levy Board to study genetic susceptibility to equine Inflammatory Airway Disease.
Teaching
Jackie runs Directed Learning sessions on the approach to equine infectious disease outbreaks on the BVetMed course and lectures VetPath BSc students on exotic equine infections and emerging diseases. She teaches aspects of epidemiology on the RVC MSc courses in Veterinary Epidemiology, Wild Animal Health, Wild Animal Biology, and Control of Infectious Diseases in Animals. Jackie hated epidemiology as a veterinary student but now believes that even those expecting to be full-time clinicians should understand the relevance of epidemiology, for the benefit of future disease research and evidence-based clinical practice.
Selected Publications
CARDWELL, J. M. (2008) An overview of study design. J Small Anim Pract 49, 217-218
WOOD, J. L. N., CARDWELL, J., CASTILLO-OLIVARES, J. & IRWIN, V. (2006) Transmission of diseases through semen. In Current Therapy in Equine Reproduction. Eds J. C. SAMPER, J. PYCOCK, A. O. MCKINNON, W.B.Saunders. pp 266-274
DALY, J. M., WHITWELL, K. E., MILLER, J., DOWD, G., CARDWELL, J. M. & SMITH, K. C. (2006) Investigation of equine influenza cases exhibiting neurological disease: coincidence or association? J Comp Pathol 134, 231-235
WOOD, J. L., KELLY, L., CARDWELL, J. M. & PARK, A. W. (2005) Quantitative assessment of the risks of reducing the routine swabbing requirements for the detection of Taylorella equigenitalis. Vet Rec 157, 41-46
SMITH, K. C., WHITWELL, K. E., BLUNDEN, A. S., BESTBIER, M. E., SCASE, T. J., GERAGHTY, R. J., NUGENT, J., DAVIS-POYNTER, N. J. & CARDWELL, J. M. (2004) Equine herpesvirus-1 abortion: atypical cases with lesions largely or wholly restricted to the placenta. Equine Vet J 36, 79-82
NEWTON, J. R., GERAGHTY, R. J., CASTILLO-OLIVARES, J., CARDWELL, J. M. & MUMFORD, J. A. (2004) Evidence that use of an inactivated equine herpesvirus vaccine induces serum cytotoxicity affecting the equine arteritis virus neutralisation test. Vaccine 22, 4117-4123
MUMFORD, J., CARDWELL, J., DALY, J. & NEWTON, R. (2003) Efforts to pre-empt an equine influenza epidemic. Vet Rec 152, 405-406
GERAGHTY, R. J., NEWTON, J. R., CASTILLO-OLIVARES, J., CARDWELL, J. M. & MUMFORD, J. A. (2003) Testing for equine arteritis virus. Vet Rec 152, 478-479
GERAGHTY, R. J., NEWTON, J. R., CASTILLO-OLIVARES, J., CARDWELL, J. M. & MUMFORD, J. A. (2003) Testing for equine arteritis virus. Vet Rec 152, 755
CARDWELL, J., SMITH, K., NEWTON, R., BLUNDEN, T., BESTBIER, M. & WHITWELL, K. (2003) EHV paralytic disease in the south of England. Vet Rec 152, 441-442
CARDWELL, J. M., WOOD, J. L., MUMFORD, J. A., GERAGHTY, R. J., HILLYER, L. L. & PASCOE, R. J. (2002) Equine viral arteritis in the UK. Vet Rec 150, 819-820
CARDWELL, J., NEWTON, R., WOOD, J., GERAGHTY, B. & ELLIS, R. (2000) Equine influenza in donkeys in the New Forest. Vet Rec 147, 400
CARDWELL, J. M. & THORNE, M. H. (1999) Hydronephrosis and ureteral duplication in a young alpaca. Vet Rec 145, 104-107