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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 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
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)

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

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