Professor Laura Blackwood (BVMS (Hons) PhD MVM Cert VR DipECVIM-CA [Oncol] (add Rad Oncol) SFHEA MRCVS)

Professor in Small Animal Oncology, Head of Small Animal Oncology

Biography

Background

Laura is a Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and EBVS® European Specialist in Small Animal Oncology, Head of Small Animal Oncology and holds a Chair in Small Animal Oncology at the University of Edinburgh. Laura is interested in all aspects of clinical veterinary oncology, and is qualified in both medical and radiation oncology. 

Laura graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1990, and worked there as a house surgeon and oncology clinician after qualifying. She then completed her residency at the University of Cambridge and a PhD at the University of Glasgow, investigating the molecular genetics of feline hyperthyroidism.  After a further two years in Glasgow working as an oncologist, she moved to the University of Liverpool, where she was Head of Service and Head of Department for a number of Years.  Laura joined the University of Edinburgh in 2022.  

 

Qualifications

  • 1990       BVMS (Hons), University of Glasgow 
  • 1992       Certificate in Veterinary Radiology, RCVS
  • 1993       Masters in Veterinary Medicine (Small Animal Oncology), University of Glasgow 
  • 2000       PhD (Wellcome Trust Prize Studentship Transcriptional targeting of gene therapy in the hyperthyroid cat: preliminary investigations), University of Glasgow
  • 2001       Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Specialist Recognition (Veterinary Oncology)
  • 2004       DipECVIM CA (Oncology), European Board of Veterinary Specialisation
  • 2018       Add Rad Oncol, European Board of Veterinary Specialisation 
  • 2021       SFHEA, University of Liverpool

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • Clinical Lead, Hospital for Small Animals
  • Member of the Hospital for Small Animals Senior Management Group
  • Member of the Easter Bush Pathology Liaison Group
  • President Elect of the European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 
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