Academic Staff
- Dr Tony Sainsbury, Institute of Zoology
Tony Sainsbury is the course director based at the Institute of Zoology. He is a Senior Lecturer in Wild Animal Health. Tony’s interests lie in the epidemiology of infectious diseases and the surveillance of diseases in wild animal populations. He is a European Recognised Specialist in Zoological Medicine (Wildlife Population Health).
- Dr Maria Diez Leon, Royal Veterinary College
Maria Diez Leon is a senior lecturer in animal welfare and is an RVC-based course director for the Wild Animal Biology and Health course. Maria graduated in Biology at the University of Navarra. She went on to pursue an MSc in Applied Animal Behaviour and Animal Welfare at the University of Edinburgh. Maria embarked on a PhD at the University of Guelph. Under the supervision of Professor Georgia Mason, she investigated how housing conditions affect carnivore behaviour and brain function and the potential implications of this for conservation breeding programmes. Her postdoctoral work, also at Guelph, addressed how cage size per se affects the welfare of farmed mink.
Fees and Financial Support
See here: MSc Wild Animal Health - Fee Support
Application Deadline
31 July 2022
How do I apply?
See here: MSc Wild Animal Health - How Do I Apply
Or contact:
The Graduate School
The Royal Veterinary College
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London NW1 0TU
United Kingdom
Email : researchdegrees@rvc.ac.uk
Tel : +44 (0) 20 7468 5134