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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Surveillance of a Vomiting Outbreak In Dogs in the UK Using Owner-Derived And Internet Search Data
In:
Veterinary Record
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.308
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Computed Tomography Osteodensitometry for Assessment of Bone Mineral Density of the Canine Head—Preliminary Results
In:
Animals, vol. 11
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051413
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Prevalence and epidemiology of non-O157 Escherichia coli serogroups O26, O103, O111, O145 and Shiga toxin gene carriage in Scottish cattle, 2014-2015.
In:
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03142-20
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Relationship between vitamin D status and clinical outcomes in dogs with a cranial cruciate ligament rupture
In:
Research in Veterinary Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2021.03.019
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Happiness, Welfare, and Personality in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
In:
Applied Animal Behaviour Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2021.105268
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Using data-driven approaches to improve delivery of animal health care interventions for public health
In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2003722118
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Timing of reproduction and association with environmental factors in free-roaming female dogs in southern India
In:
Preventive Veterinary Medicine, vol. 187
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105249
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Determinants of vitamin D status in Kenyan calves
In:
Scientific Reports, vol. 10, pp. 20590
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77209-5
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Effects of surgery on free and total 25 hydroxyvitamin D concentrations in dogs
In:
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, vol. 34, pp. 2617- 2621
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.15933
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
COMPARISON OF TIME TO OBTAIN INTRAVENOUS CATHETERISATION BY VENOUS CUTDOWN TECHNIQUE AT THREE LOCATIONS USING CANINE CADAVERS
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Abstract (Published)