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Competing Interests Statement Editor-in-Chief: Celia M. Marr Date: 13 January 2019 Brief curriculum vitae Celia Marr is an Associate at Rossdales Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Newmarket providing services in equine cardiology, internal medicine and intensive care. She graduated from the Glasgow University Veterinary School in 1985, then remained in Glasgow to complete a Masters degree on abdominal ultrasonography and subsequently a PhD on superficial digital flexor tendon injuries. In 1989, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study equine cardiology and internal medicine at the New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. Celia returned to the UK in 1993 to join the University of Cambridge Veterinary School as a lecturer. Subsequently, she spent 3 years in racehorse practice in Lambourn and then spent seven years at the Royal Veterinary College. Celia is a Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine, an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow, a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She has published research articles and textbook chapters relating to a range of medical disorders of the horse, concentrating on cardiovascular disease and diagnostic imaging and has edited a textbook on Cardiology of the Horse, the 2nd Edition of which was published in 2010. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? Horserace Betting Levy Board b) A fee for speaking? I have received honorariums and/or funding towards expenses relating to speaking from the British Equine Veterinary Association, European College of Equine Internal Medicine, Thoroughbred Breeders Association, University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, Vet Trust, British Horse Society, Veterinary Ireland and the commercial organisations Merial and Whorl Ltd. c) A fee for organising education? No d) Funds for research? I have received funding for research projects from the Beaufort Cottage Educational Trust and Sarah Leigh Legacy. e) Funds for a member of staff? No f) Fees for consulting? None personally but my primary employers are Rossdales LLP whose business revolves around consulting and provision of clinical services to a wide range of horse owners and businesses. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No

c) I have the following competing interests: In addition to my affiliation with Rossdales LLP, I am an Honorary Professor of the University of Glasgow, Trustee of the British College of Veterinary Specialists and Trustee of Beaufort Cottage Educational Trust.

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Editors: Competing Interests Statement

Editor: Tom Stout Date: 3rd January 2019 Brief curriculum vitae Tom Arjun Edgar Stout graduated from Cambridge University Veterinary School in 1993. He received a Horserace Betting Levy Board Clinical Training Scholarship and a Dorothy Havemeyer Foundation Fellowship to pursue his PhD studies at the Equine Fertility Unit in Newmarket, completing his PhD on ‘Maternal Recognition of Pregnancy in the Mare’ in 1998. Between 1997 and 1999 he was Lecturer in Animal Reproduction at Cambridge University Veterinary School. In 1999, he moved to Utrecht University as Assistant Professor of Equine Reproduction. He became a founding diplomat of the European College of Animal Reproduction in 2001. In 2007, he was appointed full professor in the chair of Equine Medicine and Reproduction at Utrecht University, and Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Production Animal Sciences, University of Pretoria (South Africa). He has been examiner for the RCVS certificate and diploma examinations in Equine Stud medicine and is past Chair of the International Equine Reproduction Symposium Committee, and a member of the International Equine Reproduction Trust, and the International Stallion Reproduction Symposium committee. He is coordinator of research in both equine and farm animal reproduction at Utrecht University and a supervisor of PhD students and ECAR residents. His primary interests are in equine (sub)fertility, assisted reproduction, embryonic development and pregnancy loss. He is author or co-author of more than 100 peer-reviewed scientific publications and book chapters. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? Yes. From the Horserace Betting Levy Board to attend symposia at which the HBLB was a sponsor or related to future of veterinary research in the UK. b) A fee for speaking? Yes. I have received reimbursement for travel expenses and honoraria for speaking on invitation at a number of scientific or veterinary continuing education meetings. These include the British Equine Veterinary Association (UK), German Equine Veterinary Association, Belgian Equine Practitioners, Whorl Publishing/Rossdale and Partners (UK), Dorothy Russel Havemeyer Foundation of New York (USA), Proveto (NL), Voorjaarsdagen (NL), Vet PD, Leipzig International Conference on Equine Reproduction (Ger), B&W Equine Group (UK), Equibreed (NZ), University of Kentucky / Gluck Equine Research Centre, Ansager Dyrehospital (Denmark), Teramo University (Italy), South African Equine Veterinary Association, 1st South American Symposium on Equine ART. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No. a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No.

b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: None.

Email address for sharing: [email protected]

Biography page on Institutional Website(s): https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/TAEStout


Editor: Anthony Pease DVM, MS, DACVR Date: 17 November 2017 Brief curriculum vitae PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Chief Veterinary Medical Officer May 2017- present WVC Las Vegas, NV Associate Professor, Diagnostic Imaging Sept 2014 – May 2017 Departments of Small and Large Animal Clinical Science Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Section Chief, Diagnostic Imaging Sept 2008 - present Veterinary Teaching Hospital Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Assistant Professor, Diagnostic Imaging Sept 2008 – Sept 2014 Departments of Small and Large Animal Clinical Science Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

BOARD CERTIFICATION

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Radiology September 2005 RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (55 TOTAL PUBLICATIONS) 1. Donis-González IR, Guyer DE, Pease A, Fulbright DW, Barthel F. Visualizing internal characteristics of fresh chestnuts

(Castanea spp.) using traditional and ultrafast limited-angle-type x-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging. Acta Horticulturae. 2014; 1019:65-72.

2. Kunst C, Pease A, Nelson N, Habing G, Ballegeer E. Computed tomographic identification of dysplasia and progression of osteoarthritis in dog elbows previously assigned ofa grades 0 and 1. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound. 2014.

3. Donis-González IR, Guyer DE, Pease A, Barthel F. Internal characterization of fresh agricultural products using traditional and ultrafast electron beam X-ray computed tomographic imaging. Biosystems Engineering. 2014; 117(1): 104-113/

4. Donis-González IR, Guyer DE, Fulbright DW, Pease A. Postharvest noninvasive assessment of fresh chestnut (Castanea spp.) internal decay using computer tomography images. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2014; 94: 14-25.

5. Donis-González IR, Guyer DE, Pease A, Barthel F. Internal characterisation of fresh agricultural products using traditional and ultrafast electron beam X-ray computed tomography imaging. Biosystems Engineering. 2014;117(1):104-113.

6. Janes JG, Garrett KS, McQuerry KJ, Pease AP, Williams NM, Reed SM, McLeod JN. Comparison of magnetic resonance imaging to standing cervical radiographs for evaluation of vertebral canal stenosis in equine Cervical Stenotic Myelopathy. Equine Veterinary Journal, 2014

Competing Interests None Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? None that would gain or lose from publication in EVJ. b) A fee for speaking? None that would gain or lose from publication in EVJ. c) A fee for organising education? None that would gain or lose from publication in EVJ. d) Funds for research? None that would gain or lose from publication in EVJ. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? None that would gain or lose from publication in EVJ. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: No.

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Competing Interests Statement Editor: Robert Christley Date: 13 November 2014 Brief curriculum vitae Graduate of veterinary science from the University of Sydney (1991) followed by a Diploma of Veterinary clinical Science (1992), Master of Veterinary Science (1995) and PhD (1999) from the same institution. Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (Population Medicine). Until recently, Professor of Epidemiology and One Health at the University of Liverpool, affiliated with the School of Veterinary Science and Institute of Infection and Global Health. Currently Senior Research Manager at Dogs Trust. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? Yes – BEVA Congress 2014. b) A fee for speaking? No. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No. a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: None declared.

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Competing Interests Statement Editor: Pablo R. Murcia Date: January 17, 2017 Brief curriculum vitae Contact details: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Tel: +44-141-3302196. Fax: +44-141- 3302271. E-mail: [email protected] Academic record: Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (2016). University of Glasgow. Doctor of Philosophy (2007). University of Glasgow. Masters in Animal Health (2002). University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1998). University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Employment: August 2016-present: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. Senior lecturer. September 2012- July 2016: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. Lecturer. June 2011- September 2012: MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. Wellcome Trust Veterinary Postdoctoral Fellow. September 2009- Jun2011: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge. Wellcome Trust Veterinary Postdoctoral Fellow. September 2007- September 2009: Cambridge Infectious Diseases Consortium. Department of Veterinary Medicine. University of Cambridge. Postdoctoral research associate. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? Yes. b) A fee for speaking? Yes. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? Yes

e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: Not applicable.

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Competing Interests Statement Editor: Peter D Clegg Date: 21 June 2011 Brief curriculum vitae Peter Clegg is Professor of Equine Surgery and Deputy Head of the Institute of Ageing and Chronic Diseases at the University of Liverpool, where he has both clinical and research responsibilities. He graduated from St. John’s College, University of Cambridge in 1987 and initially spent four years in equine practice in Leicestershire. Following a period of travelling, he undertook a Residency in Equine Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London and subsequently a PhD in cartilage biochemistry which was awarded from the University of Liverpool in 1997. Since then he has been Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, in Equine Orthopaedics at the University of Liverpool, before being appointed Professor of Equine Surgery at Leahurst in 2005. Between 2003 and 2006, he spent three years as a Wellcome Trust Research Leave Fellow at the University of Manchester investigating aspects of cartilage biology. Peter is a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (DipECVS), holds the RCVS Certificate in Equine Orthopaedics, and is RCVS recognised specialist in Equine Surgery. He is currently chairman of examiners for the RCVS Diploma in Equine Orthopaedics and an examiner for the DipECVS. He has clinical interests in acute orthopaedics, imaging and colic surgery, and still subjects himself to being on the out-of-hours rota at Leahurst. His research interests relate to basic cellular and matrix biology of orthopaedic tissues, particular relating to cartilage and tendon in both human and veterinary orthopaedics. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? None. b) A fee for speaking? I have received honoria and funding towards expenses relating to speaking from the British Equine Veterinary Association, World Veterinary Orthopaedic Society, World Congress on Regenerative Medicine, European Society for Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology, British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, European College of Veterinary Surgeons, Veterinary Ireland, British Veterinary Association, University of Namur, University of Copenhagen, University of East Anglia, University of Manchester, University of Newcastle, British Society of Matrix Biology, Cambridge University and the commercial organizations Hallmarq, CPD Solutions Ltd, Improve CPD Ltd, and Assenger Veterinary Hospital, Denmark, Newmarket Equine Hospital, Boehringer, Newmarket Orthopaedic Discussion Group & Rossdale and Partners. c) A fee for organising education? No – other than through my employer, the University of Liverpool. d) Funds for research? I have received funding for research projects from the Wellcome Trust, Arthritis Research UK, BBSRC, Medical Research Council, Horserace Betting Levy Board, Horse Trust, Petplan Charitable Trust, DEFRA, Aintree and Cheltenham racecourses, Bransby Home of Rest for Horses, Pfizer (USA), Pfizer(UK), Hong Kong Jockey Club, Schering-Plough, Merial, Boehringer, Convatec, Waltham e) Funds for a member of staff? None (other than employees on research projects listed above).

f) Fees for consulting? Insurance advice to NFU and AIMS. Veterinary reports on litigation cases to a variety of solicitors and Veterinary Defence Society. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No. c) I have the following competing interests: Employee of the University of Liverpool. Trustee of the Horse Trust and Chair of the Horse Trust Scientific Committee. European College of Veterinary Surgeons Grant awarding Panel. Panel member Medical Research Council NC3Rs Scientific committee. Wellcome Trust Veterinary Research Training Initiative – committee member on the steering group and advisory group. HEFCE Research Excellence Framework 2014 - Panel member - committee A6. Representative for Equine Surgery (Companion and competitive board) on the Equine Board, RCVS Specialist and Higher education Committee (2006-2011)


Editor: Jennifer L Davis Date: 1/3/2019 Brief curriculum vitae Dr. Davis received her Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science and her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Virginia Tech. She then did an internship at Mississippi State University in Equine Medicine and Surgery. From there, she completed a residency in Equine Internal Medicine at North Carolina State University, during which time she received a Master’s degree in Specialized Veterinary Medicine and achieved board certification as a specialist in Large Animal Internal Medicine. Following this, she completed a PhD program and residency in Clinical Pharmacology. She also received board certification as a specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Davis spent 10 years as faculty at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine in Equine Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. In 2017, she moved backed to Virginia Tech and is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Her research area of interest involves pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of therapeutic and investigational drugs, drug release from novel pharmaceutical forms, and drug stability/strength in compounded formulations. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? No. b) A fee for speaking? No. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: N/A

Biography page on Institutional Website(s): http://www.vetmed.vt.edu/people/bios/davis-jennifer.asp


Editor: Constanza Gomez Alvarez Date: 09/01/2019 Brief curriculum vitae Constanza graduated as Doctor in Veterinary Medicine in 1998 at the Católica de Temuco University in Chile. She was awarded with a PhD in Equine Biomechanics at Utrecht University in The Netherlands in 2007. She is a Certified Animal Acupuncturist (IVAS) and Certified Canine Rehabilitation Therapist (CCRT). She has worked in academia and veterinary practice since the year 2000 and joined the University of Surrey in the United Kingdom in 2013 after sitting the statutory examinations to become Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS) in the United Kingdom. Her current research area is animal biomechanics and her teaching areas are musculoskeletal biology, biomechanics and gait analysis. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No. a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? No. b) A fee for speaking? No. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No. a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.


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Competing Interests Statement Editor: Nicola Menzies-Gow Date: 22 August 2017 Brief curriculum vitae 1997 – Qualified from University of Cambridge 1997-2000 – Worked at House and Jackson first opinion equine practice in Essex, UK 2000-2003 – Home of rest for horses senior clinical training scholar in equine medicine, Royal Veterinary College 2003-2004 – PhD in equine endotoxemia, University of London 2005 – Diplomat of European College of Equine Internal Medicine 2005 – present – Lecturer, Senior lecturer and now Reader in Equine medicine Research interests: My research focuses on insulin dysregulation and individual animal predisposition to endocrinopathic laminitis. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? No. b) A fee for speaking? No. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? No. a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.


Biography page on Institutional Website(s): https://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/nicola-menzies-gow


Editor: Louise Southwood (Parente) Date: January 19, 2016 Brief curriculum vitae EDUCATION: Dates Degree Institution 1991 B.Sc.(Vet) (Honors I) University of Sydney 1988-1993 B.V.Sc. (Honors I) University of Sydney 1995-1998 M.S. Colorado State University 1999-2002 Ph.D. Colorado State University PRIMARY AREA(S) OF RESEARCH: Colic, gastrointestinal disease, emergency/critical care, intestinal ischemia POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: Institution Title Dates Washington State University Large Animal Intern 1994-1995 Pullman, Washington Colorado State University Surgery Resident (MS) 1995-1998 Fort Collins, Colorado Colorado State University Graduate Student (PhD) 1999-2002 Fort Collins, Colorado Colorado State University Emergency & Critical Care 2001-2002 Fort Collins, Colorado Resident (Alternate-Track) University of Pennsylvania Emergency & Critical Care 2002-2004 Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Resident (Alternate-Track) SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION: Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 2000 Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 2005 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS/FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 2002-2010 Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA 2010-present. NON-FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: Research Assistant, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia 1991-1993 Equine Locum Veterinarian, Hagley Equine Hospital, Hagley, TAS, Australia 1994 Post-Doctorate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1998-1999 Large Animal Emergency Clinician, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 1998-2001 EDITORIAL/ADVISORY POSITIONS: Equine Veterinary Journal (Reviewer) Equine Veterinary Education (Reviewer, Clinical Commentary) Veterinary Surgery (Reviewer) Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (Reviewer) JAVMA/AJVR (Reviewer) Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (Reviewer) Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Reviewer) Journal of Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound (Reviewer) Australian Veterinary Journal (Reviewer)

Veterinary Journal (Reviewer) Vet Clin N Am Equine Pract: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Infection 2006 (Guest Editor) Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation Research Advisory Committee 2015-2018. ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEES (CURRENT OR RECENT ONES ONLY): 2005-pres. University of Pennsylvania, Course Coordinator, Large Animal Emergency/ Critical Care

Foundation and Elective Rotations (VCSN701 and VCSN873) 2007-pres. Penn Vet Competitive Awards Committee 2007-pres. Morbidity & mortality rounds coordinator 2008-pres Faculty coordinator for sophomore and junior student clinical shadowing program 2009-pres School Research Council 2010-pres University of Pennsylvania, NBC Course Co-coordinator, Intro. Clinical Veterinary Medicine IV

(VMED618) 2013-pres Pre-Clinical Assessment (ICVMIV), Chair 2014-2017 CE Mentoring Committee 2015-pres Clinical Competencies & Outcomes Assessment (School) – Chair 2017 Advisory Committee for Dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine Search 2018-pres Penn Vet Committee on Academic Status of Students EXTERNAL ACADEMIC OR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE (CURRENT OR RECENT ONES ONLY): 2007-pres. ACVS CE Committee (previously Symposium Committee), Assistant Director 2011-pres. ACVECC Examination Appeals Committee 2014-2018. Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation 2015-pres. ACVECC Credentials Committee 2016-pres. Equine Colic Research Symposium Organizing Committee Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? No. b) A fee for speaking? No. c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? No. e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? No. Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.

c) I have the following competing interests: N/A

Email address: [email protected]

Biography page on Institutional Website(s): https://www.vet.upenn.edu/people/faculty-clinician-search/LOUISESOUTHWOOD


Editor: René Van Weeren Date: 12 January 2016 Brief curriculum vitae Paul René van Weeren (1957) graduated in 1983 from the Utrecht University Veterinary Faculty (The Netherlands). He became a staff member of the Department of General and Large Animal Surgery in that year and obtained his PhD degree in 1989. From 1991-1993 he worked as a visiting professor at the Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria of the Universidad Nacional in Heredia, Costa Rica. He became a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1994. He was appointed as full professor to the Chair of Equine Musculoskeletal Biology in 2007 and is now mainly involved in research with focus areas articular cartilage, tendons and biomechanics. He became Head of the Department of Equine Sciences of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University in 2012 and interim-head of the Department of Clinical Care of Companion Animals in 2018. René van Weeren has been a supervisor of 31 PhD students, who have obtained their degree in the past years and currently supervises 10 PhD students, who will be graduating within the next few years. He is an associate editor of Equine Veterinary Journal, member of the editorial board of The Veterinary Journal, and member of the scientific board of several others. He has been, or is, guest editor of various Special Issues or Supplements of a variety of scientific journals. He has been external examiner for PhD students abroad at various occasions in Belgium, the UK, France, Austria, Sweden, Norway and Finland. He is author or co-author of more than 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has contributed various chapters to a variety of textbooks. He is one of the editors of the 2nd edition of Joint Disease in the Horse, which was published in the autumn of 2015. Competing Interests Have you in the past five years accepted the following from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Reimbursement for attending a symposium? No. b) A fee for speaking? Yes, Scientific Meeting in Birmingham, October 2009, organized by Boehringer Ingelheim. Further, I have received reimbursement for travel expenses for speaking on invitation at a great number of meetings organized by non-commercial organisations. These include the European College of Veterinary Surgeons (various occasions, a.o. EI and D), the “Voorjaarsdagen” Congress (NL), Pferdeheilkunde form (D), Havemeyer Foundation (CR), Int. Symp. On Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy in Veterinary Medicine (NL), Global Dressage Forum (NL), European Society of Veterinary Orthopaedics and Traumatology (D), Conferencia Internacional de Caballos de Deporte (CR), Arbeitsgruppe Pferde (D), AAEP (USA), Asociación de Criadores de Caballos Pura Raza Española (E), International Society of Equitation Science (S), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Ghent (B), Universidad de Córdoba (E), BEVA (UK), Congreso Nacional de Veterinaria (Chili), Ordem dos Médicos Veterinarios (P), World Conference on Regenerative Medicine (D), FEI (CH), 2Learn S.A. (B), American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) (USA). c) A fee for organising education? No. d) Funds for research? In kind contribution to work on tendon treatment from Biomet and Intervet. Research regarding the effect of induced synovitis and the effects of NSAIDs thereon (Metacam®) on cartilage, partially financed by Boehringer Ingelheim (has been disclosed in the paper).

e) Funds for a member of staff? No. f) Fees for consulting? Yes: Anacura Global Stem Cell Technology (Belgium) (paid to Department, not privately). Have you in the past five years been employed by any organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of papers in the EVJ? a) Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation? No. b) Do you have any other competing financial interests? No.


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