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Dr Mandy Peffers
BVetMed BSc
FRCVS
- Location: Clwyd
- Year of Fellowship: 2016
- Route to Fellowship: By thesis
Field of work
Universities and colleges
Areas of special interest
- osteoarthritis
- tendon disease
- musculoskeletal ageing
Areas of support
- Collaborative research
- One Health Agenda
- Professional mentoring
- Public engagement
- Translating research into veterinary practice
Professional positions
- Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool
Biography
After graduating with a 1st Class Honours degree from the University of Leeds in Animal Science, Mandy graduated as a veterinary surgeon from the Royal Veterinary College in 1995. She then undertook a reproduction internship at the University of Glasgow. From 1997-2008, Mandy worked as an embryo transfer veterinary surgeon in between having two children. Mandy and her husband set up a small animal and equine first opinion practice in 2002 in North Wales, which expanded into a 10 vet practice on three sites and included a tier-3 small animal veterinary hospital.
Mandy was funded throughout her research career at the University of Liverpool by the Wellcome Trust. Currently her research group consists of four PhD students, 2 PDRAs and a research assistant. To date Mandy has 36 publications. She is the Veterinary School Intercalation co-ordinator and sits on a number of committees (Vet School Admissions and Widening Participation, Technical Directorate).
In 2018 she was promoted to a personal chair. Her research understands the role of small non-coding RNAs in osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal ageing. Additionally they are investigating extracellular vesicles to treat osteoarthritis. Her current funding includes HBLB, Horse Trust, CIMA, MRC and Wellcome Trust.
Mandy was funded throughout her research career at the University of Liverpool by the Wellcome Trust. Currently her research group consists of four PhD students, 2 PDRAs and a research assistant. To date Mandy has 36 publications. She is the Veterinary School Intercalation co-ordinator and sits on a number of committees (Vet School Admissions and Widening Participation, Technical Directorate).
In 2018 she was promoted to a personal chair. Her research understands the role of small non-coding RNAs in osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal ageing. Additionally they are investigating extracellular vesicles to treat osteoarthritis. Her current funding includes HBLB, Horse Trust, CIMA, MRC and Wellcome Trust.