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
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)
Current research interests
The use of quantitative statistical and epidemiological methods to address questions of animal/human health and disease surveillance.Research activities
- Equine Veterinary Journal (Journal) Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
- DRYAD project workshop, DRYAD-UK Workshop Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
- Member of DRYAD advisory panel to Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Evaluation of the Economic Burden of Psoriatic Arthritis and the Relationship Between Functional Status and Healthcare Costs
In:
The Journal of rheumatology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.190083
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Comparison of Two Rift Valley Fever Serological Tests in Cameroonian Cattle Populations Using a Bayesian Latent Class Approach
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00258
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Randomised trial of perioperative tramadol for canine sterilisation pain management
In:
Veterinary Record
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.105009
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Evaluation of an Immunochromatographic Assay as a Canine Rabies Surveillance Tool in Goa, India
In:
Viruses, vol. 11, no. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v11070649
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
A comparison of population estimation techniques for individually unidentifiable free-roaming dogs
In:
BMC Veterinary Research, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 190
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-019-1938-1
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Assessment of left atrial volume in dogs : comparisons of two-dimensional and real-time three-dimensional echocardiography with ECG-gated multidetector computed tomography angiography
In:
Journal of Veterinary Cardiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2019.06.004
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Evaluation of the Effect of Urine Dip versus Urine Drip on Multi-test Strip Results
In:
Veterinary Clinical Pathology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vcp.12730
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Implementation of high coverage mass rabies vaccination in rural Uganda using predominantly static point methodology
In:
Veterinary Journal
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2019.04.013
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Characterizing livestock markets, primary diseases and key management practices along the livestock supply chain in Cameroon
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00101
Contribution to journal › Article (Published) -
Oral bait handout as a method to access roaming dogs for rabies vaccination in Goa, India : a proof of principle study
In:
Vaccine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvacx.2019.100015
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)