I currently work as a consultant for a variety of companies and organisations in both the human and veterinary fields. Some examples of areas I have been involved in or am currently involved in are shown below.

•  A project to develop farm-based screening for tuberculosis in cattle using exhaled breath and other body fluids. This project is currently being funded by DEFRA.

•  Development of two different non-invasive breath collection systems, which can be used in rodents and other small animals and for paediatric applications. I have also had a system for non-invasive breath collection patented by a former employer.

•  Looking for novel methods of diagnosis of respiratory disease using techniques such as electronic nose, dedicated NO/CO analysers, respiratory mass spectrometers and SIFT-MS.

•  Evaluation of a novel breath collector and patient-side portable analyser for detecting airway inflammation

•  Development of a method of non-invasive testing for illegal use of prohibited substances in horseracing.

•  Contract research as part of pharmaceutical registration and evaluation of nutraceuticals.

•  Development and testing of devices for delivering inhaled medication to animals, including radiolabel deposition studies.

•  Diagnostic use of sound analysis for upper and lower airway disease in horse, cats and dogs.

•  Development of an approach to correct for errors due to low frequency response of medical or analytical equipment.

•  Estimation of errors in attenuation of radioisotopes in large mammals.

•  Project to construct a large animal split-ring PET (positron emission tomography) scanner

•  Thermal environmental monitoring in Hong Kong in advance of the Equestrian competitions in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

•  Working with a major veterinary capital equipment supplier to evaluate the suitability of new products to add to their range

•  Consultant on transport for the International League for the Protection of horses

•  Design and placement of a study, evaluation of results and production of a report for a manufacturer of horsewalkers

•  Evaluation of capability and trends in equine science and equine education in the UK

•  Advising a company marketing portable and fixed cooling systems on applications in horses

•  Working with a medical device company on equine applications for their product range

•  Project management of registration of a new veterinary medication

•  Advising a large Newmarket stud on purchase, installation and siting of environmental stations in order to relate growth rates to thermal conditions and optimise management

•  Co-inventor of a novel imaging technique to track the movement of solid structures beneath an elastic outer layer

•  Evaluation of the accuracy of a portable system for measuring ventilation and gas exchange in horses during ridden over ground and treadmill exercise

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