About Us

Marie Rhodin: marie.rhodin@slu.se, 018-672194
PhD (vet), DipACVSMR, Senior Lecturer at SLU
Marie is an associate professor, researcher and Diplomate of the American and European College of Veterinary Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation. Marie's main interest is equine orthopedics and clinical biomechanics. In addition to running a large number of research projects, supervising PhD students and co-supervising additional PhD students in other parts of Europe, Marie also teaches veterinary students at SLU and works as a clinical veterinarian at the UDS equine clinic.

Elin Hernlund: elin.hernlund@uds.slu.se,
018-672142
As an assistant professor, Elin runs many different movement research projects. Her main focus is on developing more advanced motion analysis in lameness diagnostics. She studies how movement patterns are related to functional anatomy, specific pain localization and visual pattern recognition. Elin has received funding to develop better lameness diagnostics using new analytical methods, including artificial intelligence. In 2016, Elin defended her thesis on training and competition surfaces in equestrian sports. In addition to her research, Elin also works as a clinical veterinarian at the UDS equine clinic and teaches students in clinical and functional anatomy of the horse. For veterinary students, she also conducts clinical teaching in orthopedics and movement analysis and supervises PhD students.

Pia Haubro Andersen: pia.haubro.andersen@slu.se
PhD (vet), Professor at SLU, Professor of Large Animal Surgery
As Professor Emerita/Researcher at SLU, Pia has over 30 years of experience in equine, bovine and porcine surgery in addition to her broad experience in teaching and research, focusing on her three favorite areas of trauma, inflammation and pain. During her career Pia has developed a large international network. The most recent research project includes academic experts in machine learning technology from both KTH here in Sweden and UC Davis in California. Together, they are researching to develop automated pain detection in horses, with possible future applications in other animal species.

Emma Persson Sjödin: emma.persson.sjodin@slu.se, 018-671821
Emma received her PhD in 2020 with a thesis where she studied the clinical significance of movement asymmetries in healthy and lame riding horses. She works both as a clinical veterinarian at the University Animal Hospital's equine department and with orthopedic research. She studies the development of the movement pattern in young riding horses that are starting to be trained and looks at how lame horses change their movement pattern. In addition to her research, Emma is an award-winning teacher of veterinary students (Pedagogical Award of the Year 2016).

Katrina Ask: katrina.ask@uds.slu.se, 018-672125
Katrina has a PhD in veterinary medicine and her main research area is lameness and orthopaedic pain in horses and dairy cows. Lameness is very common in animals and affect their welfare negatively, why it is an important research area. As a PhD student, Katrina investigated if pain scales are reliable and valid tools for orthopaedic pain assessment, and studied behaviours and combinations of facial activities that horses show when in pain (link to her PhD thesis). Before Katrina joined our team and SLU in 2017, she worked as a field veterinarian with cows and horses, at the University Equine Hospital here at SLU, and at a private equine practice in Denmark.

In addition to her research, Katrina teaches veterinary students anatomy, and is the deputy director of studies for the veterinary programme. She also supervises students during their bachelor and master thesis writing.

Johan Lundblad: johan.lundblad@slu.se
Johan started as a research assistant with us in January 2019. Previously, he has worked as a district veterinarian in Northwest Skåne. He graduated from SLU in 2017 with a thesis on stress in horses. From January 2021, Johan is a PhD student and is looking at how stress affects the assessment of pain in horses. He also works as a clinical veterinarian at the University Animal Hospital's equine department.

Ebba Zetterberg: ebba.zetterberg@slu.se

Ebba began working as a research assistant in 2021 after earning her veterinary degree from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). For her student thesis, she focused on studying movement asymmetries in Icelandic horses. Since January 2022, Ebba has been pursuing a PhD with a continued focus on movement asymmetries in horses and the potential factors that influence them. In addition to her research, she teaches anatomy to students from various programs, including veterinary students.

Linda Wright: linda.wright@slu.se

Linda started working as a research assistant in 2020.

Anna Leclercq: anna.leclercq@slu.se 

Anna started working as a research assistant after graduating as a veterinarian at SLU in 2021. In 2022, she started her PhD studies, and is investigating how dairy cows alter their movement pattern during lameness. In the future, these findings can contribute to the development of on-farm surveillance systems, which could help farmers detect lame animals at an earlier stage. She is also taking part in research projects involving equine biomechanics, and is teaching anatomy to students. She grew up on a farm with cows and horses, and has previously competed in eventing and showjumping with ponies. 

Maja Söderlind: maja.soderlind@slu.se

Maja is a veterinarian who began her PhD-studies on facial expressions and behaviours linked to pain in cows in the spring of 2023. After receiving her veterinary degree from the University of Copenhagen in 2013, Maja worked in large animal practice and at a small animal clinic. Since 2017, she has worked at SLU, initially teaching anatomy, and since 2021, she has also served as a research assistant in biomechanical and pain research in cattle. In addition to her PhD-project, Maja continues to teach anatomy to veterinary students and is a highly appreciated teacher who received the veterinary students' pedagogical award in 2023.

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