Dr Ian Handel
Senior Lecturer
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Availability
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Background
Graduated from Bristol Veterinary school in 1988. Two years as a research assistant in Surgery department working on anaesthetic pharmacokinetics. 1992 - 2003 owner and senior clinician in Honeybourne Veterinary surgery, a 5-vet companion animal practice in Cheltenham. Part time study for an MSc in Applied statistics and consultancy work in health economics leading to joining University of Edinburgh as a DEFRA funded research fellow in 2005 working on post-epidemic surveillance design (and part time PhD). Joined R(D)SVS in 2012 as a lecturer in Statistics and Veterinary Epidemiology. Lead design of undergraduate EBVM education, statistical and epidemiological support for postgraduate students and staff and development of statistical and epidemiological research projects in area of animal health and disease surveillance.
Qualifications
Master of Science, Sheffield Hallam University Applied Statistics (Distinction) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh The design and analysis of post-epidemic foot-and-mouth disease surveillance programmes Bachelors in Veterinary Medicine, University of Bristol
Professional Qualifications
Chartered Statistician (Royal Statistical Society), CStat Graduate Statistician, GradStat Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, MRCVS
Collaborative Activity
Mark Bronsvoort's research group (Roslin Instute)
Responsibilities & affiliations
Epidemiology
UG teaching staff
PG teaching staff
Undergraduate teaching
Organise evidence based veterinary medicine (EBVM) course across curriculumn
Year 2
Animal Life and Food Safety - Statistics for EBVM
Year 3
Animal Life and Food Safety - Epidmeiology & EBVM
Year 4
Final year preparation - EBVM
Year 5
Organiser
Final year rotations - EBVM tutorials
Postgraduate teaching
MSc Equine Science
Course organiser - Research methods in equine science
MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Course organiser - Research methods in advanced clinical practice
OTHER
R Language workshops
Research summary
The use of quantitative statistical and epidemiological methods to address questions of animal/human health and disease surveillance.
Current research interests
To study disease in human and animal popualtions we can make use of data collected either directly for that purpose or available from other activities. Because lots of factors interplay in determining the occurence of disease in individuals we cannot simply look at the health of individuals and just one factor. My speciality, statistical epidemiology, is conerned with using mathematical and computational methods to cut through the complex interaction of influences on disease to give us a clearer understanding of drivers for disease and strategies to improve human and animal health. Research students Graduated Carys Pugh - PhD Student (co-supervise) Robert Kelly - PhD Student (co-supervise) Stella Mazeri - PhD Student (co-supervise) Paolo Motta - PhD Student (co-supervise) Pending corrections Siben Li - PhD Student (co-supervise) Fiona Allan - PhD Student (co-supervise) Andrew Gibson - PhD Student(co-supervise) Charlotte Woolley - PhD Student (co-supervise) Isobel McLachlan - PhD Student (co-supervise)Research activities
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IDEAL, the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock project open access database and biobank
In:
Scientific Data
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0559-7
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Factors associated with mobile phone ownership and potential use for rabies vaccination campaigns in southern Malawi
In:
Infectious diseases of poverty, vol. 9, pp. 62
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-020-00677-4
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Vitamin D status is seasonally stable in northern European dogs
In:
Veterinary Clinical Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12859
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Low vitamin D status is associated with anaemia in hospitalised cats
In:
Veterinary Record
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105626
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Investigation of the relationship between ionised and total calcium in dogs with ionised hypercalcaemia.
In:
Journal of Small Animal Practice
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsap.13109
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Is it time to stop sweeping data cleaning under the carpet?: A novel algorithm for outlier management in growth data
In:
PLoS ONE, vol. 15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228154
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Neutrophilia is associated with a poorer clinical outcome in dogs with chronic hepatitis
In:
Veterinary Record
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105533
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Implementation of a mass canine rabies vaccination campaign in both rural and urban regions in southern Malawi
In:
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, vol. 14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008004
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Ultrasound is a poor predictor of early or overt liver or spleen metastasis in dogs with high-risk mast cell tumours.
In:
Veterinary and Comparative Oncology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vco.12563
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Endemic foot and mouth disease: pastoral in-herd disease dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa
In:
Scientific Reports, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53658-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)