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New Appointment For Dr Philip Robinson As The Head Of Veterinary Health And Animal Sciences At Harper Adams University

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27th October, 2020 16h20

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Harper Adams University


Harper Adams University is proud to have appointed Dr Philip Robinson as the Head of its new Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences Department.

Dr Robinson brings a wealth of knowledge and experience as a veterinarian, researcher and academic leader. Raised on a beef suckler farm in Co. Antrim, the Broughshane man is a former pupil of Ballymena Academy and graduate of the University of Glasgow, University of London and Durham University.

Shortly after he first joined Harper Adams University as a Senior Lecturer in 2015, he became the first ever RCVS Recognised Specialist in State Veterinary Medicine, before going on to promotion as Principal Lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Welfare. Having taken a short break from the Shropshire University to work as a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Glasgow, Dr Robinson returned to Harper Adams in September – just as it launched the UK’s ninth vet school, in partnership with Keele University.
He will work alongside the vet school leadership team to ensure veterinary nursing, veterinary physiotherapy and veterinary medicine students train together and develop the professional networks they will need in practice.

Dr Robinson said: “I am honoured to be leading the new Department of Veterinary Health and Animal Sciences at an exciting time in the development of Harper Adams University. The opening of the new Veterinary Education Centre as part of the Harper & Keele Veterinary School offers fantastic new facilities and equipment for training veterinary nursing and veterinary physiotherapy students from my department.

“Additionally, there are excellent opportunities for inter-professional education and research collaboration between all of the different disciplines in animal health and welfare represented at the university.”  

Dr Robinson, has enjoyed an extensive teaching and research career in farm animal health and welfare as well as veterinary public health.  After qualifying as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Glasgow, he worked in private veterinary practice in Northern Ireland and Scotland before spending more than a decade as a  field Veterinary Officer and epidemiologist with the  Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland. 

As well as his impressive work record, Dr Robinson is also a Diplomate of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in State Veterinary Medicine and holds the MSc degree in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health (with Distinction) from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London.

In 2010, Dr Robinson was awarded a Northern Ireland Civil Service US-UK Fulbright Scholarship at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University to conduct research on factors affecting diagnostic sample submission to veterinary laboratories.  Completing his PhD in the Geography Department of Durham University, Dr Robinson’s thesis researched factors affecting bovine tuberculosis eradication efforts in Northern Ireland. 

Dr Robinson is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy as well as serving as the Honorary Secretary of the Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) and as a Senior Editor of the scientific journal Annals of Applied Biology.  His main research interests include farm animal infectious diseases, veterinary epidemiology, veterinary public health, and veterinary education. He currently supervises a number of PhD students whose research uses social science methodologies to investigate health and welfare issues in livestock.


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