Funding is currently closed, for the latest information please see 18/05/2020 Press Release
Since the 1960s, HBLB has supported post-graduate education for qualified veterinary surgeons to further their equine career through higher clinical or research qualifications. Over £10m has been invested to maintain a pool of highly skilled equine veterinary researchers and clinicians.
The recipients of HBLB education awards have included a number of full professors and senior lecturers in veterinary schools, many senior posts in industry and government and numerous clinical veterinary surgeons in both university and private practice.
Equine research leaders and industry figures who are former HBLB Scholars include the Director of the Weipers Centre for Equine Welfare at the University of Glasgow, Professor and Head of School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Surrey and Head of the Large Animal Hospital at the University of Edinburgh.
In practice, former HBLB Scholars include the Managing Partner of Rossdale & Partners Veterinary Surgeons, Newmarket and leading veterinary surgeons at Sussex Equine Hospital and Three Counties Equine Hospital, as well as senior veterinarians at the university equine hospitals.
Shown below are the ongoing education awards.
Current Research Scholarships
Scholar |
Supervisor |
Field of Scholarship and title of project |
Insititution |
Rachel Jago | Dr John Keen |
Equine cardiovascular imaging and sports science Advanced echocardiographic evaluation of the equine athletic heart |
University of Edinburgh |
Tanya Michaiel | Dr Simon Priestnall |
Equine Inflammatory Airway Disease Improved diagnosis of infectious cases of airway diseases in racehorses |
RVC |
To be appointed | Dr Jayesh Dudhia |
Tendon, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Protecting tendon cellsa from inflammation to improve regeneration |
RVC |
Scholar |
Supervisor |
Field of Scholarship and title of project |
Institution |
Laura Fitzharris |
Dr Kate Allen |
Equine Sports Medicine |
University of Bristol |
Giulia Lipreri |
Dr Luis Rubio Martinez |
Equine Surgery and Orthopaedic Research |
University of Liverpool |
Robyn Graham |
Dr Sarah Taylor |
Equine Orthopaedic Diagnostic Imaging and Surgery |
University of Edinburgh |
Alejandro Suarez Bonnet | Dr Simon Priestnall |
Veterinary Anatomic Pathology |
Royal Veterinary College |
Francesca Worsman | Dr John Keen |
Equine Internal Medicine |
University of Edinburgh |
Guido Rocchigiani | Dr Ranieri Verin |
Equine Thoroughbred Racehorse Pathology Pathogenesis of exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) and exercise associated fatal pulmonary haemorrhage (EAFPH) in racing horses |
University of Liverpool |
To be appointed | Dr Sarah Taylor |
Equine Orthopaedic Diagnostic Imaging and Surgery Magentic resonance spectrometry of the distal metacarplus in horses with and without catastrophic fracture |
Edinburgh |