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Professor Philip Robinson is Professor of Veterinary Public Health and Deputy Head of School at Harper & Keele Veterinary School, part of Keele University's Faculty of Natural Sciences. He qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Glasgow with a BVMS degree and holds advanced qualifications including DSVM, an MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health with Distinction from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, a PhD from the Department of Geography at Durham University on factors affecting the bovine tuberculosis eradication programme in Northern Ireland, PgCert TSLHE, and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). He is a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS) and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in State Veterinary Medicine.

His career spans private mixed veterinary practice in Northern Ireland and Scotland, followed by 12 years as a government veterinary field officer, Official Veterinarian, and epidemiologist with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland. Academically, he progressed from Senior Lecturer to Principal Lecturer in Farm Animal Health and Welfare at Harper Adams University, served as Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, and returned to Harper Adams as Head of the Department of Animal Health, Behaviour and Welfare until November 2022 before his current appointment as Deputy Head of Harper & Keele Veterinary School in May 2023. Professor Robinson's research specializations include veterinary public health, veterinary surveillance, enzootic disease control in livestock, veterinary education, and the application of qualitative research methodologies at the interface of natural and social sciences. Notable publications encompass 'Flock health planning: How to move from a plan to a reflective planning process in Northern Irish sheep flocks?' (Crawford et al., 2024, Annals of Applied Biology), 'Antibiotic use in the Northern Irish sheep flock: What lessons can be learnt from medicine records and farmer attitudes to improve stewardship of these essential medicines?' (Crawford et al., 2024, Preventive Veterinary Medicine), 'Sheep scab in Northern Ireland: Its distribution, costs and farmer knowledge about prevention and control' (Crawford et al., 2022, Preventive Veterinary Medicine), 'Dairy cow health and management in the transition period: The need to understand the human dimension' (Redfern et al., 2021, Research in Veterinary Science), and 'A history of bovine tuberculosis eradication policy in Northern Ireland' (Robinson, 2015). He has received the Harper Adams University Aspire Excellence Students' Choice Award for Inspiring Learning (2016-17), Aspire Teaching Excellence Award (2014-15), best poster in Social Science/Economics at the M. bovis VI conference (2014), and best thematic poster at the Durham University Postgraduate Anthropology Conference (2012). Professor Robinson serves on the Editorial Board of Annals of Applied Biology, contributing to advancements in farm animal health and welfare research.