Biography
Sheila Crispin was awarded an Agricultural Research Council Veterinary Training Scholarship after obtaining an honours degree in Zoology and Applied Zoology, and qualified from the University of Cambridge.
After a period of mixed, mainly large animal, practice in Cumbria she returned to education, ending with a full-time academic career as Head of the Ophthalmology Service and Professor of Comparative Ophthalmology at the University of Bristol.
Sheila has been a member of RCVS Council since 1997, served on most Committees and chaired a number of them. She was President in 2006-07.
Currently, Sheila is Chief Panellist of the BVA/Kennel Club/International Sheep Dog Society Eye Scheme. She has published numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed academic journals, is co-author and editor of three standard textbooks on veterinary ophthalmology and sole author of another.
She has many scientific interests including necessity for one-planet living, comparative aspects of animal health and disease, ethics and welfare, environment, ecosystem management and biodiversity.
Her outside interests include mountaineering and sailing.
Council Member category
- Appointed: University of Bristol, 1997 - 2003
- Elected: 2003 - 2015
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- Disciplinary Committee
- Public Affairs Committee
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Ophthalmic Consultant (unpaid), The Hampton Veterinary Group, Cheshire |
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