Jennifer Cartwright (BSc BVSc PGCertCVM DipECVIM-CA MScR PhD MRCVS)
Senior Lecturer in Small Animal Internal Medicine
Address
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Jennifer graduated from Bristol Veterinary School in 2010, after completing an intercalated BSc in Veterinary Pathogenesis at the University of Bristol and elected student committee positions in the British Veterinary Association, Association of Veterinary Students (UK & Ireland) and International Veterinary Students Association (global executive committee).
She then worked in a small animal practice before starting advanced clinical training with a junior clinical training scholarship at the University of Nottingham, which was followed by further clinical training at the University of Edinburgh. The senior clinical training was completed alongside a masters in Research at the Roslin Institute and she successfully gained her Diploma from the European College of Veterinary Medicine- Companion Animals (Internal Medicine) in 2017.
Jennifer completed her PhD in the laboratory's of Professor Adriano Rossi and Professor Stuart Forbes at the Queens Medical Research Centre in 2022. Alongside the main PhD focus of understanding and modulating the innate immune system (mainly neutrophils and macrophages) in acute liver injury, Jennifer collaborated with several related projects evaluating the innate immune system in different disease settings. Alongside her PhD research she continued clinical provision across various referral centres in the UK.
Jennifer began a Senior Clinical Lectureship in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the R(D)SVS in 2022. Alongside her clinical and teaching roles, Jennifer is a radiation protection supervisor for the hospital and co leads the radioactive iodine treatment service and organises the internal medicine selective rotation teaching. Jennifer continues to conduct research with Professor Rossi and Professor Forbes combined with clinical research projects focussed on inflammatory hepatic and gastrointestinal conditions in cats and dogs.
Qualifications
MSc by Research, Royal (Dick) School Veterinary Studies
Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Royal (Dick) School Veterinary Studies
PGCert in Clinical Veterinary Medicine (Small Animal Rotating Internship), School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham
BVSc in Veterinary Science, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol
BSc (Hons) in Veterinary Pathogenesis, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol
Responsibilities & affiliations
Small Animal Internal Medicine, Pre-Clinical Teaching, Small Animal Teaching
Undergraduate teaching
- Veterinary undergraduate Lectures and practical classes in clinical veterinary internal medicine
- Selective Rotation internal medicine teaching- design and provision
Postgraduate teaching
Primary Supervisor for Internal Medicine Diplomate Candidate (Resident)
Secondary Supervisor for Internal Medicine Diplomate Candidate
Clinical supervision and teaching of 6 Internal medicine Diplomate Candidates and interns, and all residents and interns rotating through medicine
Peer support of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching activities for all residents and interns
Research summary
Jennifer's current research interests include the mechanisms of innate immunity cells, neutrophils and macrophages that cause tissue damage and conversely result tissue repair and return of homeostasis in acute liver injury in people. Jennifer has also worked on several projects targeting the resolution of innate immune cell inflammation in several human disease contexts.
Jennifer is currently continues her research into neutrophil and macrophages functions in acute liver injury.
Her collaborations focussed on human health include in the MAIL study: Macrophage Therapy For Acute Liver Injury (MAIL) | The University of Edinburgh, macrophages extracellular vesicle therapy and investigating the inflammasome and FPR1 targeting in inflammatory bowel disease.
Jennifer also conducts/supervises several clinical research projects across a feline and canine acute and chronic liver diseases, canine and feline chronic enteropathies and phage therapy to target multi-resistant bacteria.