Professor Jacqui Matthews

BVMS PhD FRSB FRSE FRCVS

Bio

Prof. Jacqui Matthews qualified as a veterinary surgeon before completing a PhD in parasite immunology at the University of Glasgow. After her PhD, she worked in academia for >25 years, leading interdisciplinary research projects for which she received >£13M competitive funding. Her outputs, primarily on helminth vaccines and diagnostics, include>145 peer-reviewed papers, several patents, numerous lay articles and invited plenary and stakeholder talks. In this period, Jacqui taught parasitology to undergraduates and postgraduates at Glasgow, Liverpool and Edinburgh veterinary schools, as well as being active in veterinary CPD initiatives.

For many years, she was technical advisor to the Control of Worms Sustainably in Cattle industry initiative and parasitology expert on the Veterinary Products Committee. She currently sits on the Steering Group of CANTER, a cross industry initiative that seeks to promote best practice equine parasite control, and is a member of BBSRC Research Committee A and the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s STEM Research Committee. Jacqui was conferred fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons for meritorious contributions to knowledge in 2017 and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Royal Society of Biology and is a RCVS recognized specialist in Veterinary Parasitology. One of her inventions, a blood test for equine small redworm, was commercialised by Austin Davis Biologics in 2019 and, in 2022, she moved to this company as Director of Veterinary Science, where she leads the R&D programme and works with end-users in promoting evidence-based parasite control.