Professor Ken Hinchcliff

Ken graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1980 with Bachelor of Veterinary Science degree. He earned a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1987 and a PhD from the Ohio State University in 1990. He was appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne in 2007 and he joined the University from the Ohio State University, where he was the Head of Equine Medicine and Surgery. Ken is internationally recognised as a scholar of veterinary internal medicine and exercise physiology. He has extensive experience teaching undergraduate and graduate students, conducting research into exercise-related conditions in horses, dogs, and humans, and providing high-level medical care to sick and injured foals and horses. Over the last decade, he has been involved with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, as part of the team of specialists and veterinarians who research and monitor the health and well-being of the canine athletes. Ken has published over 150 scientific publications in professional journals. He is also the co-editor of one of the world’s leading veterinary publications – the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Interests: Ken is currently researching exercise pulmonary haemorrhage in racehorses.