Current Projects
New HBLB Veterinary Science Research and Education Awards starting in 2026
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 Major Projects |
Institute |
Project Title |
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Professor Stephanie Dakin * with £70,000 from Racing Foundation |
Oxford |
Pro-resolving therapies: A new therapeutic paradigm targeting inflammation in tendon injury |
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Professor Paul Pryor * with £70,000 from Racing Foundation |
York |
Understanding the survival of intracellular Rhodococcus equi |
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Dr Laura Randall *with £60,000 from Racing Foundation |
Nottingham |
Toward Racehorse Injury Prevention: A Computer Vision Based Approach for Monitoring Behaviour in Stabled Racehorses and Early Identification of Musculoskeletal Injuries |
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Professor John Keen |
Edinburgh |
Harnessing the potential of advanced cardiac imaging for studying and treating atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias in Thoroughbred horses |
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Small Projects |
Institute |
Project Title |
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Joseph Neary |
Liverpool |
Advancing Thoroughbred Welfare and Performance: Real-time, Non-invasive Biomarker Monitoring using Dermal Smartpatches |
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Professor Mandy Peffers |
Liverpool |
Evaluating Pomegranate Nanovesicles for Treating Equine Osteoarthritis |
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James Adams |
Surrey |
Mixed microbial messages: Exploring the impact of microbial metabolites within the gut-lung axis on equine asthma associated lung inflammation using a lung cell line model. |
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Sushant Bhat |
APHA |
Harnessing Mucosal Immunity to Prevent Equine Influenza Virus Spread |
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Research Scholarship |
Institute |
Project Title |
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Dr Ashley Roberts |
Lincoln |
Developing Equine Herpes antivirals from protein interaction inhibitor peptides |
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Professor Mandy Peffers |
Liverpool |
Investigating cellular heterogeneity in tendon homeostasis and ageing using cutting-edge single-cell proteomics |
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Dr Laura Peachey |
Bristol |
Start Strong: Understanding How Early-Life Interactions Between the Gut Microbiome, Immune function, and Helminth Infection Influence Long-Term Health and Performance in Thoroughbred Foals |
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Dr April Lawson |
Liverpool |
Enhancing Equine Infectious Disease Surveillance with AI and Natural Language Processing |
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Dr Susan Armstrong |
Surrey |
Investigating the role of pericytes in Exercise-induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage disease and progression |
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Post Doctoral Fellowship |
Institute |
Project Title |
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Dr Vinothini Prabharakan |
Edinburgh |
Engineering equine 3D biomimetic tendon macro-tissues for tendon repair |
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Dr Emily Clarke |
Liverpool |
Equine Musculoskeletal Biology and Regenerative Medicine |
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Dr Olivia Curry |
Edinburgh |
Equine Pain and Welfare |