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Doctoral alumniֱs big new role





              ormer RVC BSc and PhD         During his Intercalated BSc and PhD,
              student James Mount has       James was supervised by Professor
              been unanimously elected as   Joanna Price and Dr Imelda McGonnell.
       Fchair of the Committee for          He also worked closely with Dr Steven
        Veterinary Medicinal Products (CVMP)   Allen. James said: ֱI would very much
        Pharmacovigilance Working Party     like to express my gratitude to them all.
        (PhVWP-V). The role of chair has a   I would not be where I am today without
        three-year mandate, with the possibility   their support early on in my career.ֱ
        to extend a further three years. The   More recently he has published in Vet
        PhVWP-V is composed of European     Record Open on veterinary and medical
        experts from all 27 EU countries selected   adverse events, including those in
        according to their specific expertise   animals and children after secondary
        and provides guidance and advice on   exposure to transdermal hormone-
        the co-ordination and supervision of the   containing medicinal products.
        pharmacovigilance of veterinary medicinal
        products within the EU.
        On his election, James commented:
        ֱI am looking forward to further raising
        the status of the Working Party,
        increasing the engagement of members
        and starting to identify specific areas
        of Veterinary Pharmacovigilance that
        can be harmonised at a global level. I
        am also eager to increase the use of
        alternative sources of information to
        complement traditional adverse event
        reporting by veterinary professionals and
        animal owners. A specific area is the
        use of information directly from practice
        management systems as well as farm
        data systems.ֱ
        James has worked in Sweden for
        13 years ֱ originally working as a
        laboratory animal veterinarian at the
        Karolinska Institute and is currently a
        Pharmacovigilance Assessor at the
        Swedish Medical Products Agency.
        He has also worked as a veterinary
        pathologist at Swedenֱs National
        Veterinary Institute.

        He completed his Intercalated BSc
        Comparative Pathology course at the
        RVC between 2003 and 2004 and
        then PhD at the RVC between 2004
        and 2008. His PhD was in the field of
        cellular and molecular biology and his
        research used red deer antler growth
        as a unique regenerative model in
        mammals. It resulted in a thesis entitled
        ֱThe origin and regulation of progenitor
        cells in the regenerating antler.ֱ He
        later returned to Liverpool University to
        complete his final two years of BVSc.
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