Dr Tim Parkin

Tim Parkin is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Epidemiology working at the School of Veterinary Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow. After qualifying from the University of Bristol with degrees in Zoology (1992) and Veterinary Science (1998), he took up a position at the University of Liverpool and went on to complete his PhD on the epidemiology of fractures in racehorses in 2002. He gained his Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health in 2006 and has worked at the University of Glasgow since February 2007. Interests: Tim’s major area of work is equine epidemiology. He is particularly interested in identifying methods to prevent musculoskeletal injury and fatality in the Thoroughbred racehorse and this work has included the identification of risk factors for distal limb fracture in the UK (Equine Vet J 2004, 2005, 2006), fatality in Australia (Equine Vet J 2007) and tendon injury in Hong Kong (Am J Vet Res 2007, Equine Vet J 2007, Vet Rec 2007). His current focus is the quantification of both genetic and environmental markers (and their interactions) for a number of diseases of the Thoroughbred. He is also using novel imaging modalities to investigate potential geometric, structural and pathological markers of fracture in the racehorse.