Cardiovascular and Renal Biology
The RVC is the leading veterinary institute undertaking feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) research and is renowned for its clinical cardiology research.
The research is relevant to the following diseases:
- Endothelial dysfunction
- Insulin resistance
- Inflammation
- Dysregulated angiogenesis including atherosclerosis
- Heart disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Cancer
Clinical research in this area includes:
- Investigating endothelial function/dysfunction in dogs
- Mitral valve disease in dogs
- EPIC (Evaluation of Pimobendan In Cardiomegaly) Study
- The prevalence of heart disease in cat
- Identifying biomarkers for heart disease in dogs and cats
- Feline cardiomyopathy
- Feline hypertension
- Chronic kidney disease.
Led by Professor Caroline Wheeler-Jones
BSc Hons; PhD; FHEA
Professor of Vascular Cell Biology
Caroline is a Professor of Vascular Cell Biology and is Head of Comparative Biomedical Sciences. Her major research interests are focused on the molecular control of endothelial cell function in health and disease.
People in this Research Group
Dr Dominic Barfield
Deputy Clinical Director QMHA & Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Emergency and Critical CareQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor Adrian Boswood
Vice Principal for Learning, Teaching and AssessmentProfessor Daniel Brockman
Professor of Small Animal SurgeryQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor David Brodbelt
Professor of Evidence-based Veterinary MedicineProfessor Dan Chan
Professor of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine and Clinical NutritionQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Ruby Chang
Senior Lecturer in StatisticsProfessor David Connolly
Professor in Veterinary CardiologyQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Simon Cook
Lecturer in Emergency and Critical CareQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Stefano Cortellini
Senior Lecturer in Emergency and Critical CareQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor Jonathan Elliott
Professor of Veterinary Clinical PharmacologyDr Ashton Faulkner
Postdoctoral Researcher in Vascular Cell BiologyDr Liz Finding
Lecturer in Basic SciencesDr Matthew Gage
Lecturer in Basic SciencesDr Rebecca Geddes
Clinical Scientist Fellow, Small Animal Internal MedicineQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Barbara Glanemann
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal MedicineQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Ellie Herbert
Lecturer in Comparative PathologyDr Karen Humm
Associate Professor in Transfusion Medicine and Emergency and Critical CareQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Rosanne Jepson
Professor in Small Internal Medicine & NephrologyDr Charlotte Lawson
Associate ProfessorDr Karla Lee
Associate Professor of Small Animal SurgeryQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor Vicky Lipscomb
Clinical Director QMHA & Professor of Small Animal SurgeryQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Francisco Llabres-Diaz
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Diagnostic ImagingQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor Virginia Luis Fuentes
Professor of Veterinary CardiologyQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Professor Nicola Menzies-Gow
Professor in Equine MedicineEquine, Hawkshead
Dr Dan O'Neill
Associate Professor Companion Animal EpidemiologyVeterinary Epidemiology, Economics and Public Health, Hawkshead
Dr Isabel Orriss
Senior LecturerDr Carolina Palacios Jimenez
Lecturer in AnaesthesiaQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Caroline Pellet-Many
LecturerCardiovascular and Inflammation Biology and Metabolism, Camden
Professor Ludovic Pelligand
Professor in Clinical Pharmacology and AnaesthesiaQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Helen Stolp
Lecturer in PharmacologyProfessor Hattie Syme
Professor of Small Animal Internal MedicineQueen Mother Hospital for Animals, Hawkshead
Dr Balazs Szladovits
Associate Professor of Clinical PathologyClinical Pathology, Hawkshead
Dr Elisa Vasilopoulou
Lecturer in Basic SciencesDr. Marsha Wallace
Postdoctoral Research ScientistDr Christina Warboys
Lecturer in Basic SciencesProfessor Caroline Wheeler-Jones
Professor of Vascular Cell BiologyVascular Cell Biology group, Camden