Prof. Lisa Boden
Head of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Dean of Veterinary Medicine

Address
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Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Easter Bush Campus, Roslin
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- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
Lisa Boden is a UK (RCVS) and European veterinary specialist in veterinary public health & population medicine with a PhD in veterinary epidemiology and a Masters of Laws in medical law and ethics. She holds a Personal Chair and is a Professor of Population Medicine and Veterinary Public Health Policy at the R(D)SVS at the University of Edinburgh, and is a co-Director of EPIC (Scottish Government’s Centre for Expertise in Animal Disease Outbreaks) responsible for EPIC's policy and Impact. EPIC provides policymakers with rapid access to emergency scientific advice and analyses to prepare for and respond to emergency exotic and novel animal disease outbreaks.
Her research includes translation and communication of science as effective and ethical evidence for policy, contingency planning and emergency outbreak response and management, risk assessment and communication and horizon scanning and scenario planning work to facilitate strategic thinking about risk and long-term future resilience to disease outbreaks.
Research Projects
Research Projects on Edinburgh Research Explorer
Qualifications
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth Coll, Dartmouth College Bachelor of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice , Univ Glasgow, Sch Vet Master of Laws, University of Edinburgh Doctor in Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Professional Qualifications
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, MRCVS Membership of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (Epidemiology Chapter), MANZCVS Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (sub-specialty Population Medicine, DipECVPH Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons specialist in Veterinary Public Health, RCVS specialist
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Sustainability policies and practises at veterinary centres in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland
(15 pages)
In:
Veterinary Record, pp. 1-15
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.2998
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A scoping review of foot-and-mouth disease risk, based on spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of outbreaks in endemic settings
In:
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, pp. 1-18
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.14769
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Review article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Thermography for disease detection in livestock: A scoping review
(28 pages)
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, pp. 1-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2022.965622
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Trabajo agrícola e inseguridad alimentaria de la población siria refugiada en Oriente Medio durante la primera ola de COVID-19
In:
International Labour Review (ILR), vol. 141, pp. 271-295
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ilrs.12243
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Syrian refugee labour and food insecurity in Middle Eastern agriculture during the early COVID-19 pandemic
In:
International Labour Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12348
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Global Food Security
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 7, pp. 578508
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.578508
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Association between the administration of phenylbutazone prior to racing and musculoskeletal and fatal injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses in Argentina
(6 pages)
In:
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 257, pp. 642-647
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.257.6.642
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Risk-based evidence for animal health policy
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00595
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial (E-pub ahead of print) -
A tool for prioritising livestock disease threats to Scotland
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00223
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
EPIC, Scottish Government’s Centre of Expertise in Animal Disease Outbreaks: a model for provision of risk-based evidence to policy
In:
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00119
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)