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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Benefits of cyanoacrylate mesh closure following exploratory laparotomy in horses
(6 pages)
In:
Veterinary Record, vol. 192, pp. 1-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2732
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Survival and Predictors of Mortality After Completion of TB Treatment among People Living with HIV: A 5-Year Analytical Cohort
(10 pages)
In:
BMC Infectious Diseases, vol. 23, pp. 1-10
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-023-08217-9
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Factors Affecting Weigh Tape Reading in the Measurement of Equine Body Weight
(12 pages)
In:
Animals, vol. 13, pp. 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13081330
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a cohort of Labrador Retrievers in England
(13 pages)
In:
BMC Veterinary Research, vol. 18, pp. 1 - 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03319-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Serum metabolomic profiles in dogs with chronic enteropathy
(8 pages)
In:
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, vol. 36, pp. 1752-1759
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16419
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Bovine tuberculosis epidemiology in Cameroon, Central Africa, based on the interferon gamma assay
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 9, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.877541
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Bovine tuberculosis antemortem diagnostic test agreement and disagreement in a naturally infected African cattle population.
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 9, pp. 1-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.877534
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
A Cross-Sectional, Population-Based, Seroepidemiological Study of Rift Valley Fever in Cameroonian Cattle Populations
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.897481
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Elimination of human rabies in Goa, India through an integrated One Health approach
In:
Nature Communications, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30371-y
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Exploring student experiences of an Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education
In:
Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2021-0098
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)