Current Projects

New HBLB Veterinary Science Research and Education Awards that started in 2023

The Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) veterinary science and education 2023 programme included the following:

(TBA = Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association; RF = The Racing Foundation; GLCT = The Gerald Leigh Charitable Trust; BEBF = British European Breeders’ Fund)

Major Projects

Institution

Project Title

Funding Partners

Dr Yu-Mei Chang

 

Royal Veterinary College (RVC)

Harnessing deep learning methods for improved fracture detection in Thoroughbreds

 

 

Dr Cristina Esteves

Edinburgh  

Exploring novel stem cell tools to combat equine infection - towards the reduction of antibiotic usage and antimicrobial resistance

RF

Dr Valentina Pietro

Birmingham

Equine concussion has risks to horse and rider – how salivary microRNAs might help diagnosis 

RF

Prof Chris Proudman

Surrey

Next Generation Probiotics - 'Omics-based Identification of candidate bacteria 

 

Dr Scott Roberts

RVC

A periosteal cell therapy for the treatment of equine osteochondritis dissecans

 

Dr Chavaunne Thorpe

RVC

 

Defining the contribution of microvascular cells to tendon health and ageing

 

Prof Michael Tildesley  

Warwick

Adaptive modelling for emerging equine vector borne viruses

 

Small Projects

 

 

 

Dr Dagmar Berner  

RVC

Exploring inertial sensing technology to quantify gait symmetry in Thoroughbred foals before and after corrective trimming for angular limb deformities

GLCT

Dr Colin Butter  

Lincoln

Validation and development of molecular tools to identify specific equine strongyle species and associated anthelmintic resistance markers

TBA/GLCT

Dr Anna Karagianni  

Edinburgh

Applying novel-omic approaches to investigate equine airway immunity

GLCT

Prof Mandy Peffers

Liverpool

Can MSC-derived extracellular vesicles rescue the joint phenotype in an advanced 3D in vitro model of equine osteoarthritis?

GLCT

Dr Ashley Roberts  

Lincoln

Can peptides derived from Equine Herpesvirus-1 proteins act as competitive inhibitors of viral replication by blocking essential protein-protein interactions?

TBA/BEBF

Dr Camilla Scott  

Rossdales

Prevalence of acute infectious and persistent breeding induced endometritis in UK Thoroughbred mares post cover

TBA/GLCT

Research Scholarships

 

 

 

Dr Alistair Brown  

Newcastle

Drug discovery targeting horse respiratory pathogens

Antibacterial agents and new targets to treat bronchopneumonia in foals

 

Dr Debbie Guest  

RVC

Tendon Inflammation; Epigenetics; and  Regenerative Medicine

Do horse tendon cells become primed to inflammation?

 

Clinical Scholarship

 

 

 

Prof Bruce McGorum  

Edinburgh

Multi-omics investigation of the >30kDa putative causal neurotoxin present in serum/plasma from horses with acute equine grass sickness.

 

 

Last Updated: 16 May 2023