Research
My main involvement is now clinical research since most of my time is spent in the clinics and clinical rotation teaching.
I have a special interest in all aspects of cardiology but also respiratory medicine. My main research areas are in canine dilated cardiomyopathy and feline cardiomyopathies, cardiac genetics and echocardiography.
Research grants
Dialated Cardiomyopathy in Great Danes
PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL (UK)
August 2015 - July 2019
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) and its association with sudden death in Great Danes
KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST (UK)
October 2016 - March 2025
Can novel ultrasonographic assessment of myocardial function successfully identify dogs with early dilated cardiomyopathy?
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS TRUST (RCVS) - (UK)
May 2006 - April 2009
LUPA-DCM project
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2008 - June 2012
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy in Newfoundland dogs: high resolution mapping of regions of the canine genome map syntenic with human DCM candidate genes.
KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST (UK)
October 2004 - December 2005
Struck down in the prime of life: Unearthing the secrets of Great Dane dilated cardiomyopathy.
GREAT DANE BREED COUNCIL, KENNEL CLUB CHARITABLE TRUST (UK)
October 2009 - December 2015
Troponin I in dogs with acute cerebrovascular accidents
BRITISH SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION (UK)
October 2014 - August 2018
Research collaborations
DCM working package
LUPA EU collaboration; DCM WP
Research collaboration in Europe to identify cohorts of Normal and DCM in various breeds (Dobermanns, Newfoundlands, great Danes, Irish Wolfhounds). Echocardiographic screening, and collection of DNA.
Dr. Brendan Corcoran, Dr. Anne French
University of Edinburgh
Echocardiography research, especially Tissue Doppler Imaging. Co-supervision of Dr. Kerry Simpson's PhD Collaborator in Mitral valve disease research.