Dr Tammy Shadbolt
BSc Hons BVMS MSc PhD PG Cert FHEA MRCVS
Teaching Fellow (Casual)
Department: Pathobiology and Population Sciences
Campus: Hawkshead
I am currently working as Module 1 Co-leader (Conservation Biology), Module 3 Co-leader (Health and Welfare of Captive Wild Animals) and as a casual Teaching Fellow on the MSc Wild Animal Biology and MSc Wild Animal Health programmes run through the Royal Veterinary College and Zoological Society of London.
I hold a BVM&S in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery and have a clinical background working as a veterinarian in private and charity practice in the UK and internationally. I also hold a BSc Hons in Veterinary Conservation Medicine, MSc in Wild Animal Health, PhD in the Pathogenesis of Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumour Disease and PG Cert in Veterinary Education. I am a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I have focused my academic work on wildlife teaching and research and currently work at both the Royal Veterinary College and at the Zoological Society of London.
I am currently working as a Wildlife Veterinarian and Research Associate on the Disease Risk Analysis and Health Surveillance for Interventions project (DRAHS) at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London. We work in partnership with Natural England (NE) and other key collaborators to assess the risk of disease during conservation interventions such as translocations of endangered species. We work with animals of every taxa - mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. We carry out disease risk analysis (DRA), advise on disease risk managment (DRM) and conduct post-release health surveillance (PRHS) for each project species.
Shadbolt, T, Sainsbury, AW, Foster, J, Bernhard, T (2021). Risks of poorly planned conservation translocations, Vet Record, 188, 7, 269-269
Shadbolt T, Pocknell A, Sainsbury AW, Egerton-Read S, Blake DP (2021). Molecular identification of Sarcocystis wobeseri-like parasites in a new intermediate host species, the white-tailed sea eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla). Parasitology Research. 120(5):1845-1850
Common SM, Shadbolt T, Walsh K, Sainsbury AW (2021). The risk from SARS-CoV-2 to bat species in england and mitigation options for conservation field workers. Transboundary and Emerging Disease. 11:10.1111
I am currently working as Module 1 Co-leader (Conservation Biology), Module 3 Co-leader (Health and Welfare of Captive Wild Animals) and as a casual Teaching Fellow on the MSc Wild Animal Biology and MSc Wild Animal Health programmes run through the Royal Veterinary College and Zoological Society of London. I have previously taught on the BVetMed, accelerated BVetMed, MSci Wild Animal Biology and PG Cert in Veterinary Education programmes run through the Royal Veterinary College. I am also a Guest Lecturer on the BVMSci programme at the University of Surrey.