Katie Beckmann (MA VetMB MSc DipECZM (WPH) PhD MRCVS)

Lecturer in Wildlife Health and Conservation Medicine

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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian

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EH25 9RG

Biography

Background

I joined the R(D)SVS in November 2019. I am a veterinary specialist in wildlife population health, with a background in wildlife health and conservation practice, and research interests at the intersection of these fields.

Following five years in clinical (mainly equine) veterinary practice, and completion of an MSc in Wild Animal Health in 2007, I was part of the Wildlife Epidemiology group at the Institute of Zoology (IoZ), Zoological Society of London, from 2008-2014. Whilst there I performed post-mortem disease surveillance in British wildlife, conducted wildlife disease risk analyses (health risk analyses) and provided veterinary support to conservation projects for a broad range of native species. From 2012-2019, I worked at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT), Slimbridge, UK, where I latterly became the Conservation Department vet, providing veterinary oversight and scientific support to waterbird conservation translocation projects and conservation breeding programmes in the UK and overseas. In 2024, I completed a part-time PhD entitled 'Wildlife Health for Conservation Translocations: Refining Risk Analysis and Decision Making through Waterbird Case Studies' in association with the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), IoZ and WWT. I have been an EBVS® European Veterinary Specialist in Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health) and a member of the IUCN/SSC's Conservation Translocation Specialist Group since 2014.

Qualifications

  • PhD (2024), Royal Veterinary College, University of London
  • DipECZM (Wildlife Population Health) (2014, re-credentialed 2019)
  • Msc Wild Animal Health (2007), Royal Veterinary College, University of London, and the Zoological Society of London
  • MRCVS (2001)
  • BA (1998), VetMB (2001) and MA (2002), University of Cambridge

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