Rate My Professor David Sargan

David Sargan is Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Cambridge, where he served for nearly 30 years until his retirement in 2023. He continues research activities supported by a departmental bequest. He completed undergraduate studies in Natural Sciences and Genetics at the University of Cambridge, followed by a PhD in Biochemistry at University College London. Subsequent positions included a Royal Society travelling fellowship in Geneva and work at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston on molecular chaperones, before joining the Royal Dick Veterinary School in Edinburgh as a lecturer working on lentiviruses. He moved to Cambridge in 1994.

His research has centred on comparative genetics of inherited diseases in dogs, including cancer predispositions, brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome, and molecular pathology. Sargan held leadership roles in postgraduate education, including Director of Postgraduate Education in his department, chair of the Degree Committee for Clinical Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and contributions to establishing the Postgraduate School of Life Sciences and multiple doctoral training partnerships. He received the Blaine Award from the British Small Animal Veterinary Association in 2007 and the Pilkington Teaching Prize in 2020.