I am a Senior Lecturer in Conservation Medicine and One Health at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at the University of Edinburgh. My primary role is in teaching and I am the Programme Director of the MVetSci Conservation Medicine and MSc One Health programmes. I also contribute to the Wildlife Health Bridge, a multi-institution international collaborative project to enhance capacity and training in the field of wildlife health in LMICs.
My research focusses on the application of interdisciplinary One Health and Conservation Medicine approaches to support wildlife health. I have a particular interest in disease transmission across the human-wildlife-livestock interface and I have specific expertise on the ecology and epidemiology of African trypanosomiasis. I also provide veterinary and scientific support for conservation projects including the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project for which I am Chair of the Scientific Advisory Panel.

I have a broad range of research interests within the fields of Conservation Medicine and One Health including:

• The development of One Health approaches to the management of trypanosomiasis in sub-Saharan Africa
• Raptor health
• One Health in Indigenous communities
• The health of working dogs in conservation, including management of canine trypanosomiasis

I am Course Organiser and / or lecture on the following courses:

MVetSci Conservation Medicine

An introduction to Conservation Medicine          

Ecosystem health and species conservation      

Applied epidemiology and surveillance for Conservation Medicine

Veterinary techniques and interventions for Conservation Medicine      

Wildlife disease management

Interventions in wild animal health

Scientific paradigms, research approaches and study design across disciplines

MSc One Health

An introduction to One Health

Ecosystem health

Innovative approaches to health challenges across disciplines

MVetSci Conservation Medicine

http://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/conservation-medicine

MSc One Health

http://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/one-health

Conservation science research group

https://www.ed.ac.uk/vet/conservation-science

Interventions in Wild Animal Health

https://iwah.org/

• PG teaching staff