Biography
Five years as a veterinary practitioner in large and small animal practice in the UK. Five years in molecular biology and immunopathology of Johnes disease in sheep as part of PhD thesis at R(D)SVS, Edinburgh and then post doctorate at the Moredun Research Institute in Edinburgh. Six years in Vaccine Research and Development with a portfolio of vaccines in cattle, sheep, dogs, avian including BVD, RSV, bovine leptospirosis, ovine chlamydia and paramyxovirus. Six years undertaking consultancy services in veterinary vaccine registration, development, clinical trials, expert reports and scientific writing. Two years as a consultant veterinary assessor for biologicals and pharmaceutical efficacy with Veterinary Medicines Directorate, UK. Five years as a Home Office Inspector ensuring compliance with Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. Four years at GALVmed,s Regional Director responsible for Research and Development on GALVmeds vaccine and therapeutics projects in SubSaharan Africa and SouthEast Asia. Research interests
Mycobacteria, immunology and molecular biology, vaccinology, transboundary disease control. Porcine cysticercosis vaccinology, vaccine research and development particularly field trials, social science and disease control including one health. Cattle viral and bacterial respiratory diseases vaccine research and development (particularly BVD, RSV and BVD. Dog and cat vaccine regulatory compliance. Sheep chlamydia vaccines research and development. Projects you're working on
General veterinary vaccine research and development consultancy Discipline
Challenge model development Challenge study design Clinical trials – efficacy Clinical trials – safety Commercialisation Ethics Immunology – B-cells Immunology – T-cells Immunology – innate Molecular biology QC test development Quality assurance Registration Regulation Safety evaluation Social sciences Statistics Virology Host species
Cats Cattle Dogs Horses Pigs Poultry Small ruminants Zoonoses Pathogen
Bacteria›Brucella Bacteria›Chlamydophila Bacteria›Leptospira Bacteria›Mycobacteria bovis Bacteria›Mycoplasma Bacteria›Salmonella Parasites›Taenia solium Viruses Viruses›African swine fever virus Viruses›Bovine viral diarrhoea Viruses›Foot-and-mouth disease virus Viruses›Influenza virus Viruses›Newcastle disease virus Viruses›Peste des petits ruminants virus Viruses›Rabies virus Viruses›Respiratory syncytial virus Viruses›Rift Valley fever virus Viruses›Rotavirus Stage of vaccine development
Adjuvants Antigen discovery and immunogen design Clinical trials Correlates of protection – immunomonitoring Field trials Marketing Pre-clinical trials Vaccine delivery