Laura Green

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Laura Green

OBE FRSB
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.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/les/green-laura.aspx

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).

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Early life and education

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 career

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 honours

Selected publications

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References

  1. 1 2 Laura Green publications indexed by Google Scholar OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Laura Green publications from Europe PubMed Central
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 "REF Case study search". impact.ref.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Green Group Research". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Professor Laura Green – Animal Welfare Research Network" . Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Laura Green's previous research". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Footrot in sheep contacts". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  9. ↑ 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)
  10. ↑ "Antibiotics could slash cases of sheep lamenessw". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  11. ↑ "Lameness in sheep treatment guidelines save UK farmers £700M". bbsrc.ukri.org. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  12. ↑ "Research into commonest cause of sheep lameness". veterinary-practice.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  13. 1 2 "Professor Laura Green receives veterinary society award". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ "Research Says Singling Out Sheep Will Save 1.3 Million from Lameness". www.innovations-report.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  16. 1 2 "Leading animal scientist appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  17. ↑ "Rural Economy and Land Use Programme". www.relu.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  18. ↑ "Norfolk farmer recognised at agricultural awards". www.farminguk.com. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  19. ↑ "Professor Laura Green appointed to BBSRC Council". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  20. ↑ "Professor Laura Green awarded OBE". warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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