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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 Martha Betson
Interim Head of Department, Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology
Aimee Roussos
Faculty Operations Manager
Shona Louise McIntyre
Head of Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences; Senior Teaching fellow, small animal medicine
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
Lecturer in Virology and Immunology
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
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
Dr Francesca Marie Contadini
Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health
Professor Alasdair Cook
Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health
Dr Alissa Cooper
Lecturer in Equine Clinical Practice (Maternity Cover)
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 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 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 Joy Leng
Research Fellow
Dr Rebecca Lewis
Senior Lecturer in Physiology
Esther Lingard
Lecturer in Animal Health and Husbandry
Alison Livesey
Lecturer in Small Animal Surgery
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
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
Senior Lecturer in Musculoskeletal Biology, Director of Research, 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
Teaching Fellow in Equine Clinical Practice (Equine Lead)
Dr Issa Robson
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Prctice
Sian Rosser
Veterinary Clinical Teaching Fellow (small animal)
Professor Clare Rusbridge
Professor in Veterinary Neurology
Priya Sharp
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Skills
Lilly Shepherd
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Lilly Shepherd
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Ioannis Smyrnias
Senior Lecturer in Cardiovascular Sciences
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
Chloe Tait
Research Assistant
Emma Tallini
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice
Dr Emma Taylor
Surrey Future Fellow
Damian Valle
Lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Practice (B)
Dr Andrew Wales
Research Fellow
Rebecca Warner
Lecturer in Veterinary Education and Training
Professor Tony Whetton
Professor of Translational Biosystems
Dr Jack Whitehouse
Research Fellow in Equine Microbiology
William Wilkinson
Lecturer
Professor Sarah Wolfensohn
Professor of Animal Welfare
Dr Mirinda van Schoor
Lecturer in Small Animal Medicine
Dr Arnoud van Vliet
Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology
Postgraduate researchers
Muhammad Abbas
Postgraduate researcher (PGR)
Ali A. Aburigh
Postgraduate Research Student
James Adams
Research Fellow in Equine Gut Inflammation
Bader Alsubaie
PhD student in Veterinary Medicine
Mahbod Entezami
Postgraduate Research Student
Francisco Evangelista
Postgraduate Research Student
Sara Healy
Postgraduate Research Student
Bonn Lee
Postgraduate Research Student
Mia Mohammed
Postgraduate Research Student
Brenda Monteiro Moita
PhD Student in Veterinary Medicine and Science
Dr Jennifer Routh
Lecturer in Veterinary Education & Training
Rahme Safakli
Postgraduate Research Student
Dr Emma Scales-Theobald
Postdoctoral Researcher
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 Professor
Professor Mark Chambers
Professor of Microbiology and Disease Intervention, Head of Section and Animal & Plant Biology
Professor Alasdair Cook
Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health
Professor Sarah Wolfensohn
Professor of Animal Welfare
Professional and Technical Service Staff
- Sophie Mitchell – Head of Veterinary Partnerships
- Jessica Atkinson-Brown - Veterinary Partnerships Manager
- Claire Gunner – PA to Head of School
- Jae Kingswell – Pathology Case Coordinator
- Charlotte Harmer – School Administrator and PA to Head of Education and Head of Research
- Kate Reid - Senior Laboratory Technician
- Amelia Stubbs Senior Laboratory Technician
- Kamran Quereshi - Senior Laboratory Technician
- Hannah Ferguson - Laboratory Technician
- Maria Mahon - Senior Clinical Skills Technician
- Sophie Turner - 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
- Tom Hussey - Post Mortem Manager
- Ollie Lonsdale - Senior Pathology Technician
- Katy Walker - Pathology Laboratory Manager
- Ella May - Senior Histology Technician
- Emily Tubb - Senior Anatomy Technician
- Michael Chaplin - Senior Anatomy Technician
- Luc Kingsley – Animal Pathology Technician