Profile of Prof Debra Archer
Qualifications; BVMS PhD CertES(soft tissue) DipECVS MRCVS FHEA.
Qualified: University of Glasgow. Institution/Practice: University of Liverpool. Career: After graduating in 1996 Debra worked in mixed practice in Bedfordshire for 2 years before undertaking a practice internship in Yorkshire. She completed a residency training in Equine Surgery at the University of Liverpool in 2003 and then did a PhD on the Epidemiology of Equine Colic at Liverpool. Following this she was appointed as Senior Lecturer and in 2013 Professor of equine surgery at the University of Liverpool.
Interests: All areas of equine surgery particularly surgery of the abdomen, head and neck and laser surgery. Debra’s research interests include epidemiology, equine gastrointestinal physiology and parasitology, veterinary sociology, vector biology and wound healing.