Teaching
I am co-ordinator for UG orthopaedic teaching programme (2006-present), member of Board of Examiners (Yr 4-5) and Clinical Undergraduate Education Committee member and with previous roles as Chair of BVSc (equine) examinations (2010-2012) and curriculum development (2010-2013). I contribute to the provision of excellence within teaching as membership of these committees feed into the development of policies and procedures at Faculty and ultimately University Level.
Veterinary clinical teaching
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA) • 2nd and 3rd year clinical research projects • 4thyear equine orthopaedic course • 5th year small group teaching (rotations) • Teaching and examination duties for veterinary physiotherapy and farriery (internal and external courses) • Previously part of the curriculum development team for the veterinary course and has been chief examiner for equine studies at Liverpool
Modules for 2024-25
Animal Nervous and Musculoskeletal Disorders
Module code: LIFE344
Role: Teaching
ORTHOPAEDICS OF THE COMMON DOMESTIC SPECIES FOR THE VETERINARY PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Module code: VETS773
Role: Teaching
Supervised Theses
- An investigation into the use of hoof balance metrics to test the reliability of a commonly used foot trimming protocol and their association with biomechanics and pathologies of the equine digit.
- An investigation into the use of hoof balance metrics to test the reliability of a commonly used foot trimming protocol and their association with biomechanics and pathologies of the equine digit.
- Cyclical hyperosmolar loading of chondrocytes enhances extracellular matrix production and occurs as a consequence of p38 MAPK/ERK signalling amd increased mRNA half life
- Hoof shape and loading in sound and lame horses; how this is influenced by farriery
- Molecular and cellular mechanisms of nociception in equine laminitis: purinergic P2X receptors expression and distribution
- Oxygen and pH-sensitivity of articular chondrocytes