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• Welcome to our new team member Megan Conroy

  

  We are excited to welcome Megan Conroy to the VetCompass team. Megan obtained her Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery from the University of Edinburgh in 2010. She worked initially in first opinion mixed practice before moving into small …

   10 Nov 2015

• Secretary Birds can kick a snake to death in the blink of an eye

  

  Scientists from The Royal Veterinary College and Royal Holloway, University of London, have discovered the remarkable force and speed generated by the snake-hunting Secretary Bird. The team, including Dr Monica Daley from the Structure and Motion …

   26 Jan 2016

• Putting racehorse respiratory disease research back on track

  A new Horserace Betting Levy Board  grant has been awarded to the Royal Veterinary College.  The grant entitled "Putting racehorse respiratory disease research back on track" has been awarded to Dr Jackie Cardwell, Dr Carrie Roder, Dr Martin Whiting  …

   23 Feb 2016

  A new Horserace Betting Levy Board  grant has been awarded to the Royal Veterinary College.  The …

• New EU H2020 grant: CarBon: Controlling Cartilage to Bone Transitions for Improved Treatment of Bone Defects and Osteoarthritis

  Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pitsillides, who has been awarded a new EU H2020 grant as part of the CarBon consortium.   CarBon is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (MSCA-ITN) on controlling cartilage to bone transitions …

   26 Aug 2016

  Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pitsillides, who has been awarded a new EU H2020 grant as part …

• New Arthritis Research UK grant

  Dr Chantal Chenu, Professor Andrew Pitsillides and Professor George Bou-Gharios (University of Liverpool) have been awarded a grant by Arthritis Research UK (ARUK) to study Semaphorin 3A / new target for controlling joint pain? Around 10 million …

   09 Aug 2017

  Dr Chantal Chenu, Professor Andrew Pitsillides and Professor George Bou-Gharios (University of …

• ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK Grant to work on the following project: "ISCF WAVE 1 AGRI TECH: Robochick: an automonous platform for data-collection in poultry sheds". Poultry …

   18 Jan 2018

  Dr Theo Demmers, working with several other organisations, has been awarded a new BBSRC/Innovate UK …

• Kennel Club Charitable Trust award to VetCompass™ to explore breed-specific health in dogs

  

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘Evidence-based prioritisation of disorders using epidemiological data on dog breeds from VetCompass primary-care veterinary clinical records’. The funding …

   04 Apr 2018

  The Kennel Club Charitable Trust (KCCT) has funded a 1-year project within VetCompass™ called ‘ …

• Supporters and collaborators

  The RVC is playing a leading role in the Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG). Both Dr Dan O'Neill and also Research Fellow Dr Rowena Packer are highly active in the UK’s Brachycephalic Working Group (BWG) where they share RVC activities with a …

• ‘Hypertension in the Dog and Cat’ – new book by RVC Professors published

  

  A new book, co-edited by the Royal Veterinary College’s (RVC) Professor Jonathan Elliott, Professor Harriet M. Syme and Dr Rosanne Jepson has just been published by Springer. This book aims to provide an in-depth review on the current state of …

   18 Feb 2020

• Latest Research

  The RVC is a world-leader among research centres that investigate brachycephalic health and welfare. The RVC sees the brachycephalic issue as a highly complex system and therefore takes a holistic approach to brachycephalic research that covers …