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Find out more about our staff in the School of Veterinary Medicine.
Meet the team
School of Veterinary Medicine Senior Management Team
Professor Kamalan Jeevaratnam
Head of School, Professor in Clinical Physiology
Dr Giovanna Nalesso
Research Director, Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biology
Sophie Mitchell
Head of Veterinary Partnerships and Animal Resources
Dr Rebecca Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Physiology
Dr Martha Betson
Interim Head of Department, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology
Dr Charlotte Sophia McCarroll
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Preclinical Sciences and Education
Aimee Roussos
Faculty Operations Manager
Academic staff
Dr Ilknur Aktan
Associate Professor of Veterinary Anatomy
Dr David Allen
Associate Professor in Virology
Dr Sarhad Alnajjar
Lecturer in Veterinary Pathology
Dr Susan Armstrong
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Research
Dr Amin Asfor
Senior Lecturer in Virology and Immunology
Dr Bennett Au
Lecturer in Cellular Metabolism
Dr Emily Auger
Lecturer in Professional Skills
Professor Nick Bacon
Professor of Surgical Oncology
Dr Christopher Basu
Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy
Dr Giulia Beraud
Lecturer in Clinical Veterinary Practice
Dr Martha Betson
Associate Professor in Veterinary Parasitology and Head of Department
Dr Hannah Bolland
Surrey Future Fellow
Georgina Catlow
Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences
Dr Francesca Marie Contadini
Senior Lecturer in Public Health
Dr Alissa Cooper
Lecturer in Equine Clinical Practice
Joana Crisostomo
Lecturer in Veterinary Surveillance and Investigation
Hannah Davies
Veterinary Clinical Teaching Fellow
Dr Anjan Dutta
Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Dr Charlotte Edling
Research Officer (Molecular Biology)
Dr Sophie Edward-Jenks
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice (LVCP)
Dr Megan Edwards
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Abel Bulamu Ekiri
Lecturer in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Kate English
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Pathology
Dr Catherine Finnegan
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
Professor Noel Fitzpatrick
Professor of Veterinary Orthopaedics
Dr Martin Hawes
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Dr Adalinda Hernandez Yanez
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Dr Hayley Hickling-Peters
Lecturer in Production Animal Medicine
Dr Lisa Holbrook
Lecturer One Health-One Medicine (Non-Communicable Disease)
Dr Teresa Hollands
Senior Lecturer (Veterinary Nutrition)
Dr Anna Eleonora Karagianni
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Research
Professor Roberto La Ragione
Interim Pro-Vice Chancellor and Executive Dean for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (FHMS), Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
Robert Lawrence
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Holly Lenaghan
Lecturer in Equine Clinical Studies
Dr Rebecca Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Physiology
Esther Lingard
Lecturer in Animal Health and Husbandry
Alison Livesey
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
Dr Giovanni Lo Iacono
Senior Lecturer in Biostatistics/Epidemiology
Hanna Machin
Lecturer in Anaesthesia
Dr Charlotte Maile
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Dr Charlotte Sophia McCarroll
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Preclinical Sciences and Education
Kirsty Davidson McGinley
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Shona Louise McIntyre
Head of Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Associate Professor, small animal medicine
Karen Moore
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Neza Mrzdovnik
Lecturer in Veterinary Education & Training
Dr Elizabeth Mumford
Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health
Neerja Muncaster
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Giovanna Nalesso
Associate professor in Musculoskeletal Biology, Associate Head of School for Research and Innovation, School of Veterinary Medicine
Dr Shah Nawaz
Lecturer in Veterinary Sciences & Education, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences.
Dr Oluwole Oni
Lecturer in Intensive Animal Health and Production
Dr Sharmini Julita Paramasivam
Associate Professor in Veterinary Behaviour and Animal Welfare & Associate Head of School (External Engagement)
Dr Aurore Poirier
Research Fellow B in Molecular Microbiology and Science Communication Officer
Dr Paul Pollard
Associate Professor & Director of Clinical Training
Jennifer Porter
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Joaquin Prada
Co-Director Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology
Professor Christopher Proudman
Professor of Veterinary Clinical Science
Dr Alison Prutton
Senior Teaching Fellow in Equine Clinical Practice (Equine Lead, Year 4 Lead)
Dr Issa Robson
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Prctice
Sian Rosser
Veterinary Clinical Teaching Fellow (small animal)
Dr Jennifer Routh
Lecturer in Veterinary Education & Training
Professor Clare Rusbridge
Professor in Veterinary Neurology
Lilly Shepherd
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Matthew Siggins
Lecturer in Immunity and Infection Biology
Dr Ioannis Smyrnias
Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences
Luisa Soares
Lecturer in Production Animal Medicine
Professor Falko Steinbach
Professor of Veterinary Immunology
Dr Dynatra Subasinghe
Associate Dean Education Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Associate Professor of Small Animal Clinical Practice
Emma Tallini
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Emma Taylor
Surrey Future Fellow
Damian Valle
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice (B)
Rebecca Warner
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Professor Tony Whetton
Professor of Translational Biosystems
William Wilkinson
Lecturer
Dr Arnoud van Vliet
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology
Research fellows
Dr Tai The Diep
Research Fellow
Dr Jessica Furber
Research Fellow
Dr Joy Leng
Research Fellow
Chloe Tait
Research Assistant
Dr Andrew Wales
Research Fellow
Dr Jack Whitehouse
Research Fellow in Equine Microbiology
Postgraduate researchers
Muhammad Abbas
Postgraduate researcher (PGR)
Ali A. Aburigh
Postgraduate Research Student
Bader Alsubaie
PhD student in Veterinary Medicine
Mahbod Entezami
Postgraduate Research Student
Bonn Lee
Postgraduate Research Student
Brenda Monteiro Moita
PhD Student in Veterinary Medicine and Science
Rahme Safakli
Postgraduate Research Student
Visiting staff
Dr Umer Chaudhry
Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Henri Kodilinye-Sims
Teaching Fellow in Veterinary Clinical Practice (Production Species)
Dr Huijun Long
Visiting Research Fellow in the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Denise Marston
Lecturer (Veterinary Virology and One Health)
Emeritus professors
Professor Mark Chambers
Professor of Microbiology and Disease Intervention, Head of Section and Animal & Plant Biology
Professor Peter Cockcroft
Professor Production Animal Medicine and Education
Professor Alasdair Cook
Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health
Professor Sarah Wolfensohn
Professor of Animal Welfare
Professional and technical service staff
- Sophie Coles – Head of Veterinary Partnerships
- Jessica Atkinson-Brown - Veterinary Partnerships Manager
- Julie Price Wickenden – PA to Head of School
- Luke Yexley - Veterinary Pathology Centre
- Charlotte Harmer – School Administrator
- Robert Mansergh - Senior Laboratory Technician
- Amelia Stubbs - Senior Laboratory Technician
- Hannah Ferguson - Laboratory Technician
- Gabriela Garces - Laboratory Technician
- Sophie Knight – Senior Clinical Skills Technician
- Mahala Burchell – Clinical Skills Technician
- Nate Doble - Clinical Skills Technician
- Clare Casey-Simmons - Large Animal Clinical Skills Manager
- Emma Leete – Senior Large Animal Technician
- Anna Ware – Senior Large Animal Technician
- Zoe Stone - Large Animal Technician
- Tom Hussey - Post Mortem Manager
- Ollie Lonsdale - Senior Pathology Technician
- Hero Nye – Senior Pathology Technician
- Katy Walker - Pathology Laboratory Manager
- Ella May - Senior Histology Technician
- Emily Tubb - Senior Anatomy Technician
- Michael Chaplin - Senior Anatomy Technician
- Steven Hopkins – Animal Pathology Technician