Dr Nicky Craig (BVM&S PhD MRCVS AFHEA)
Intern in Veterinary Dermatology
Contact details
Address
- Street
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The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
I graduated from the R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh, in 2005 and stayed on to complete a PhD studying host immune responses to parasites. I then studied nutritional influences on neuroendocrine development as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal health and Comparative Medicine at the University of Glasgow, before moving to the USA to work on veterinary dermatology as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Comparative Dermatology Research Group at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine. While in the US, I also studied the relationship between the gut microbiome, the immune system and cancer as a Visiting Research Scholar with the Jobin Research Laboratory at the University of Florida’s College of Medicine. I returned to Edinburgh in 2020 to join Christine Tait-Burkard’s research group studying commercially important viruses in pigs, and contributed to the group’s work on Covid-19 during the 2020 pandemic.
My research interests focus on the application of translational veterinary research which can be used to develop new and better treatments, vaccines and diagnostic tools. I am also interested in the influences of the gut microbiome on host metabolism and immune responses, and the use of bacteriophages in veterinary medicine.
In March 2024 I returned to the clinic, joining the R(D)SVS Dermatology Service as an intern.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh: “Cytokine gene expression in naïve and previously infected sheep and lambs after challenge with the abomasal nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta”