Prof. Ian Ramsey

Ian Ramsey is the Professor of Small Animal Medicine at Glasgow University Veterinary School.

He graduated from Liverpool, completed his PhD at Glasgow on feline leukaemia virus and his residency in internal medicine at Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2015.

Ian was instrumental in developing and writing the BSAVA PROTECT guidelines on antibiotic prescribing and is a Board member of RUMA-Companion Animal and Equine. He has served on numerous professional bodies, most recently as BSAVA President 2020-21.

Chris Gush

Chris Gush is the Executive Director of RCVS Knowledge, which aims to support the advancement of veterinary medicine for the benefit of animals, the public, and society. RCVS Knowledge works to promote, encourage and advance veterinary medicine through developing practical tools, based on the latest evidence, to support improved animal health and welfare.

In his previous role as Assistant Director of Clinical Innovation and Research at the Royal College of General Practitioners, Chris led on the development of tools and resources which were instrumental in the reduction of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in General Practice.

Dr Vanessa Schmidt

Vanessa Schmidt is Head of Service, Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Dermatology at University of Liverpool Small Animal Teaching Hospital.

Vanessa qualified in 1994 at Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia before travelling to the UK. After several years in both mixed and small animal practice, she gained the European diploma of Veterinary Dermatology in 2009 and was granted RCVS specialisation in 2014. She also obtained her PhD in 2014, following four years of research into antimicrobial resistance amongst canine staphylococci and E. coli.

Vanessa's clinical interests include infectious & zoonotic disease, and atopic dermatitis. Her research interests include epidemiology, therapy and public health implications of antimicrobial resistant bacteria in small animals.

Fraser Broadfoot

Fraser qualified from the Royal Veterinary College, London and worked for five years as a small animal Veterinary Surgeon. He then worked for ten years as a veterinary advisor/ product manager in the pharmaceutical industry, managing a variety of products over a wide range of clinical areas in both small and large animals.

In 2016 he joined the Veterinary Medicines Directorate and currently heads up the antibiotic use and stewardship section within the antimicrobial resistance, policy and surveillance team. This involves working with the UK animal sectors and stewardship groups to promote and develop systems for the collection of data on antibiotic use and benchmarking, and embedding antibiotic stewardship into everyday practice.