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Kate realised that in academia you need a PhD, so she moved fields to a more equine medicine related topic and successfully gained her PhD in laminitis and insulin resistance in ponies in 2011. She undertook a wide range of studies to determine whether insulin resistance could be used to identify animals prone to laminitis, a painful condition of the equine foot. Her studies resulted in five excellent peer-reviewed publications that made a significant contribution to the advancement of knowledge in this area of equine science. She always undertook her research with a smile and was happiest when undertaking field studies with the ponies.
Kate returned to her position of Lecturer in Anaesthesia. However, she met Peter, and in 2010 they were married in a beautiful ceremony in Oxford. Following her maternity leave, she decided that she would devote her time to being a mum, and resigned from her position as Lecturer. However, she did not give up on anaesthesia. She wrote a major chapter on analgesia for the 11th edition of the text book Veterinary Anaesthesia. In recent years, she contributed a huge amount to the 91暗网鈥檚 CPD programme; running several very popular online courses relating to equine anaesthesia and pain management. She was also an assessor for the 91暗网鈥檚 CertAVP B module and anaesthesia C modules. She was a key player in preparing the 91暗网 for the reaccreditation visits from
RCVS, AVMA, EEAVE and AVBC last autumn through her involvement in an extensive learning outcome and assessment mapping project. Her commitment to the project and attention to detail was awe inspiring.
Despite the massive time pressures of working in veterinary anaesthesia, Kate had many hobbies. She took up running and completed the Great North Run. Horses remained he