Dr Sarah Allen
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology
Department: Pathobiology & Population Sciences
Research Groups: CPCS (Research Programme)
Research Centres: Veterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health
Sarah is a lecturer in veterinary clinical epidemiology and part of the veterinary epidemiology, economics and public health group. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of injuries in racehorses.
After graduating from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in 2006, Sarah worked in clinical practice until 2014. During this time, she worked predominantly in equine practice, was an FEI permitted treating vet and racecourse veterinary surgeon, and obtained the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Equine Medicine). In 2014, Sarah returned to the RVC; firstly completing an MSc and then a PhD in Veterinary Epidemiology. Sarah’s PhD developed an equine arm to the RVC’s VetCompass programme and investigated the epidemiology of common equine disorders in primary-care veterinary practice. Sarah was appointed as lecturer in veterinary clinical epidemiology in January 2023.
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Equine Safety and Welfare in British Horseracing
The racing industry is committed to improving the welfare and safety of racehorses.
Better understanding of risk factors for injury and fatality can inform evidence-based strategies to reduce their occurrence.
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Predicting injury risk and post-injury outcomes in Jump racehorses in Great Britain
This project aims to identify risk factors for injuries and predict post-injury outcomes. Outputs will inform race-day injury prevention and rehabilitation and improve injured horses’ likelihood of returning to racing.
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RCVS VetCompass Equine Pandemic Project (Complete)
People: Sarah Allen, Dan O'Neill, Jackie Cardwell, Kristien Verheyen, David Brodbelt
Vet Compass Project Type: Horse
The COVID-19 pandemic presents a serious challenge for the customer-facing veterinary profession. To ensure minimal disruption to essential veterinary services, new COVID-mitigated working protocols were quickly implemented, however, little is known about the impact of the pandemic on equine veterinary care in the UK. The aim of this project was to describe equine veterinary activity before and during the pandemic and explore the contribution of telemedicine to case management.