Tyler Morrison (BSc. hons., BVM&S, PhD, AFHEA, Dipl.ECVIM-CA, MRCVS)

Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track (ECAT) Veterinary Clinical Lecturer

Biography

Background

Tyler graduated from the University of Edinburgh as veterinary surgeon in 2015, during which time he completed an intercalated honours degree in Immunology. Following a period in general practice, he returned to the University as a clinical-academic trainee (ECAT-V clinical lecturer) during which time he completed his PhD in 2021 and his diploma in companion animal internal medicine in 2025.

Under the supervision of Prof. Sarah Walmsley (with Prof. Moira Whyte and Prof. Shareen Forbes), Tyler has been examining the mechanisms by which the nutritional microenvironment regulates neutrophil immunometabolism and therefore function. This, more specifically within the context of diabetes mellitus in human patients, and more broadly in other disease contexts such as acute and chronic lung injury.

Tyler continues to work alongside Prof. Sarah Walmsley in this field, whilst maintaining his role as a senior clinician at hospital for small animals. Latterly, he has responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary teaching, whilst maintaining the very highest levels of specialist care for a range of patients with complex medical problems.

Qualifications

BSc. hons BVM&S PhD AFHEA DipECVIM-CA (Internal Medicine) MRCVS

Responsibilities & affiliations

Small Animal Internal Medicine

Undergraduate teaching

Year 5, Final Year Rotations (Small Animal Medicine)

Postgraduate teaching

Small Animal Junior Clinical Training Scholars (Interns)

Small Animal Internal Medicine Specialty Interns

Small Animal Internal Medicine Senior Clinical Training Scholars (Residents)

Research summary

Tyler studies how the function of a particular white blood cell called a neutrophil can change in diabetes mellitus, thus failing to protect from infection and/or resulting in unwelcome inflammation and therefore harm.

Current research interests

Tyler's research has focussed on the specialist intracellular metabolism of neutrophils, and how modulation of this can impact host defence and injury. To do so, he has employed a range of models including ex vivo manipulation of healthy humans, patients with diabetes mellitus and animal models. Using a range of techniques including extracellular flux analysis (Seahorse), proteomics, metabolomics and lipidomics he has sought to understand how these disease states may drive maladaptive neutrophil function.

Past project grants

Investigation of the role of glucose availability and metabolism on short and long-term neutrophil behaviour, Wellcome Trust (London, GB), GRANT_NUMBER: 214383/Z/18/Z

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