RDDT Laboratories works with a number of expert consultants to ensure the quality and scientific excellence of your projects are met.
Professor Ron Slocombe, BVSc(hons) MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, MACVS, MAICD.
Professor Slocombe is Professor and Chair of Veterinary Pathology at the University of Melbourne where he has been involved in teaching, delivery of diagnostic services and research for many years. Professor Slocombe research interests have been mainly on diseases and conditions of the respiratory system, and published scientific articles involving livestock, zoo and wildlife species and laboratory animals. Professor Slocombe served as Chair of the veterinary testing advisory committee for NATA accreditation of veterinary laboratories for two terms and has served as President of the Australian Society of Veterinary Pathology.
Dr Elizabeth McInnes, BVSc, PhD, FRCPath, MRCVS, Gribbles Veterinary Pathology
Dr. McInnes qualified as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Pretoria in South Africa in 1988. She worked at the Medical University of Southern Africa before coming to the United Kingdom in 1992 to complete a PhD on the immunology of respiratory syncytial virus at Imperial College, London. She completed a residency in veterinary pathology at the Veterinary School at the University of Cambridge and was awarded the Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1997 and the Fellowship in 2005.
Dr. McInnes has 10 years of experience in toxicological pathology and has a special interest in immunology, cross reactivity studies and pathology artefacts.
Dr. McInnes has published over 30 papers on pathology, is currently editing an atlas on background lesions in laboratory animals and is an associate editor of the journal of Toxicological Pathology. She has been an examiner for the Royal Collage of Pathologists since 2006 and is currently the secretary of the BSTP subcommittee on education and a symposium director for the C.L. Davis DVM Foundation.
Dr. Mark Williamson, BVSc (Hons), MVSc (Path), MACVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVP, Gribbles Veterinary Pathology
Dr Williamson is a specialist veterinary pathologist employed by Gribbles Veterinary and through Gribbles Veterinary, provides consultant pathology services to RDDT Laboratories.
A Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and a Member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Veterinary Pathology), Dr. Williamson completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne with first-class honours in 1986. His Masters thesis, completed at the University of Melbourne, investigated the use of immunochemistry to differentiate soft tissue tumours.
From 1995 to 2000, Dr. Williamson was a Scientific Officer with the Australian Animal Health Laboratory CSIRO campus in Geelong, Victoria where he conducted a research and diagnostic investigations into a wide variety of infectious viral diseases including Hendra virus, Classical Swine Fever, Avian Influenza, Newcastle disease and rabbit calicivirus. In 1998, he won the National Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation Award for Equine Postgraduate Research for his PhD work on the pathogenesis of the Hendra virus infection. In 2000, he was co-recipient of the AQIS Award for Science and Research for the detection of a new virus in green tree snakes.
Dr. Williamson is a member of the Subcommittee of the Animal Health and Laboratory Standards (SCAHLS). In addition he is also a member of the NATA Veterinary Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee. Widely published in veterinary journals, Mark has been a reviewer of the articles submitted to the Australian Veterinary Journal since 2002, and regularly travels both within Australia and internationally as a conference speaker.
Prior to joining Gribbles, Dr. Williamson was Assistant Professor
of Veterinary Pathology at Iowa State University in the United States.
In 2003, he was Principal Scientist with the Department of Primary
Industries. Dr. Williamson joined Gribbles in 2004 and is currently
based in Melbourne.
Dr. Adam Woolley, MSc DABT FRCPath CBiol MIBiol, ForthTox Ltd.
Dr Adam Woolley is a professional toxicologist with American and European certification and more than 30 years experience including 18 years in contract research organisations and 9 years in the pharmaceutical industry.
Dr Woolleyís experience includes toxicological reviews of data packages prior to Phase 1 clinical trials, leadership of virtual drug development teams; toxicological assessments of documents and information and acting as expert witness in a number of legal cases; toxicological assessments of formulations for inclusion in toys; preparation of non-clinical overviews for human and veterinary pharmaceuticals; ADI setting and data review for veterinary pharmaceuticals; review of data and biological evaluation for medical devices. Presentations to regulatory authorities including: BfArm (Germany), MHRA (UK), MPA (Sweden), EMEA (London) and the FDA. Due diligence for in-licensing pharmaceuticals.