Summary
Laura Elizabeth Green OBE FRSB is a British epidemiologist and academic who is Pro-vice-chancellor and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham.[1][2] She serves on the council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).
Laura Green | |
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| Born | Laura Elizabeth Green |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol (BSc, PhD) London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Epidemiology Animal diseases Microbiology welfare[1] |
| Institutions | University of Warwick University of Birmingham |
| Thesis | A prospective longitudinal study of diseases of lambs in early lambing (housed) flocks (1992) |
| Website | www |
Early life and educationEdit
Green studied veterinary medicine at the University of Bristol. She worked briefly as a veterinarian, before starting a Master's degree in epidemiology. She earned her master's degree at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She returned to the University of Bristol for her doctorate, where she studied the diseases of lambs in early lambing flocks.[3]
Research and careerEdit
Green joined the University of Warwick in 1999, where she was made a Chair in 2005.[4] Her research considers the endemic diseases of farmed livestock.[5][6] She has investigated infectious diseases in cattle including Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis), sheep (caseous lymphadenitis) and pigs (postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome).[7][8] Green studied foot rot in sheep and used her findings to support farmers.[9] She demonstrated that quick treatment with antibiotics can reduce lameness in sheep.[4][10] Specifically, a single injection of antibiotics helped 95% of sheep.[11][12] Her findings reduced the prevalence of foot rot by 50%, which is estimated to save the foot sheep industry £2 million a year.[13] She has also investigated how farmers attitudes and personalities impacted their management of livestock.[14][15] In 2014 Green was appointed Head of the School of Life Sciences. She was made Deputy Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Warwick in 2017.[16]
Green joined the University of Birmingham as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences in 2018.[16] She serves on the advisory board of the Rural Economy and Land Use Programme.[17]
Awards and honoursEdit
- 2013 Royal Agricultural Society of England medal[18]
- 2013 Elected to the council of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)[19]
- 2017 Appointed Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours[20]
- 2019 Honorary Life Member of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine[13]
Selected publicationsEdit
- Green, L.E.; Hedges, V.J.; Schukken, Y.H.; Blowey, R.W.; Packington, A.J. (2002). "The Impact of Clinical Lameness on the Milk Yield of Dairy Cows". Journal of Dairy Science. 85 (9): 2250–2256. doi:10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(02)74304-x. ISSN 0022-0302. PMID 12362457.
- Whay, H. R.; Main, D. C. J.; Green, L. E.; Webster, A. J. F. (16 August 2003). "Assessment of the welfare of dairy caftle using animal-based measurements: direct observations and investigation of farm records". Veterinary Record. 153 (7): 197–202. doi:10.1136/vr.153.7.197. ISSN 0042-4900. PMID 12956296. S2CID 40615566.*"The Microbial Habitat: An Ecological Perspective". Microbial Ecology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: 103–130 26 September 2011. doi:10.1002/9781118015841.ch4. ISBN 978-1-118-01584-1.
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b Laura Green publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Laura Green publications from Europe PubMed Central
- ^ Green, Laura Elizabeth (1992). A prospective longitudinal study of diseases of lambs in early lambing (housed) flocks. jisc.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Bristol. OCLC 931563786.
- ^ a b "REF Case study search". impact.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Green Group Research". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Laura Green – Animal Welfare Research Network". Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Laura Green's previous research". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Footrot in sheep contacts". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Editor, FM Web (11 January 2013). "Norfolk farmer recognised for contribution to countryside education". Farming Monthly National. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Antibiotics could slash cases of sheep lamenessw". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Lameness in sheep treatment guidelines save UK farmers £700M". bbsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Research into commonest cause of sheep lameness". veterinary-practice.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Professor Laura Green receives veterinary society award". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ O’Kane, Holly; Ferguson, Eamonn; Kaler, Jasmeet; Green, Laura (2017). "Associations between sheep farmer attitudes, beliefs, emotions and personality, and their barriers to uptake of best practice: The example of footrot". Preventive Veterinary Medicine. SVEPM 2016 - Annual Conference of The Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine. 139 (Pt B): 123–133. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2016.05.009. ISSN 0167-5877. PMC 5409802. PMID 27371994.
- ^ "Research Says Singling Out Sheep Will Save 1.3 Million from Lameness". www.innovations-report.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Leading animal scientist appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Rural Economy and Land Use Programme". www.relu.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Norfolk farmer recognised at agricultural awards". www.farminguk.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Laura Green appointed to BBSRC Council". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Laura Green awarded OBE". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
