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Rob Christley

Prof Rob Christley
BVSc DipVetClinStud MVetClinStud DipECVPH (PM) PhD FHEA MRCSV

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Invited presentation: The challenge of zoonoses, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust , 2010)
  • Keynote presentation: The challenge of zoonoses, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Annual Scientific Meeting, 2010)
  • Invited presentation: Revealing the hidden structure of farming, by Invitation (University of Sydney, 2010)
  • Diagnostic Tests; what the mean to me , by Invitation (BSAVA, 2008)
  • Network analysis, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (EU-US Safefood meeting, 2007)
  • Keynote presentation: Innovative modeling approaches, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Food Safety Reasearch & Response NEtwork (USA) and MED/VET/NET (EU), 2007)
  • Invited presentation: Contact network structure and risk of infection, by Invitation (International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics, 2006)
  • Risk factors for emerging infectious diseases, by Invitation (EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, 2006)
  • Invited presentation: Risk factors for emerging infectious diseases, by Invitation (EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, 2006)
  • Invited presentation: Affections respiratoires profondes et contre-performance, by Invitation (French Association of Equine Practitioners Congress, 2004)
  • Invited presentation: Contact Structures and Network Theory, by Invitation (Centre for Comparative Infectious Diseases , 2004)
  • Invited presentation: Design and analysis of case-based studies , by Invitation (British Equine Veterinary Association, 2002)

Editorships

  • Equine Veterinary Journal (Deputy Editor, 2009 - present)
  • The Open Epidemiology Journal (Editorial Board Member, 2007 - present)
  • Open Epidemiology Reviews (Editorial Board Member, 2007 - present)
  • Open Epidemiology Letters (Editorial Board Member, 2007 - present)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B (Peer reviewer, 2005 - present)
  • Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Peer reviewer, 2005 - present)
  • The Veterinary Journal (Peer reviewer, 2004 - present)
  • Equine Veterinary Journal (Peer reviewer, 2000 - present)

Examination Roles

  • University of Cambridge, PhD (2010)
  • Royal Veterinary College (University of London), PhD (2010)
  • University of Sydney (Australia), PhD (2009)
  • University of Guelph, PhD (2009)
  • University of Guelph, PhD (2008)
  • The Open University, PhD (2007)
  • University of Cambridge, PhD (2006)
  • University of Sydney (Australia), MSc (PGT, 2005)
  • University of Edinburgh, MSc (PGT, 2000)

Organisations I have been associated with

  • Gambia Horse and Donkey Trust - www.gambiahorseanddonkey.org.uk (2004 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • European College of Veterinary Public Health (Diplomate, 2004 - present)
  • British Veterinary Association (Member, 1999 - present)
  • Society for Veterinary Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine (Member, 1999 - present)
  • Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Member, 1995 - present)
  • Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) (Member, 1993 - present)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • • Deputy head of the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health
  • • Lead of the Population, Society and Health Research Theme
  • • Statistical Editor of the Equine Veterinary Journal