Dr Richard Newton

Qualifications: BVSc MSc PhD FRCVS.
Qualified: Liverpool University. Institution/Practice: Animal Health Trust. Career: After graduating in Veterinary Science from Liverpool University in 1991 and working in mixed veterinary practice, Richard joined the Epidemiology Unit of the Animal Health Trust in 1994. Since completing a Masters in Communicable Disease Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in November 1998, he has worked on the epidemiology of a variety of diseases of companion animals, including grass sickness, EIPH and strangles in horses and influenza, including cross-species transmission from horses to dogs. He completed his PhD on the epidemiology of equine infectious respiratory disease in 2002 and in 2003 was awarded the Diploma of Fellowship from the Royal College Veterinary Surgeons.
Interests: Richard Newton is Head of Epidemiology and Disease Surveillance at the Animal Health Trust near Newmarket, running programmes on infectious disease surveillance in the UK. These include preparation of quarterly disease reports for Defra and regular updates on global equine disease occurrence through the International Collating Centre. He also oversees dedicated programmes on grass sickness surveillance and vaccination and epidemiological research of equine laminitis.