About Us

Marie Rhodin: marie.rhodin@slu.se, 018-672194

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 orthopaedics 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 Associate Senior Lecturer, 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 localisation 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 orthopaedics and movement analysis and supervises PhD students.

Pia Haubro Andersen: pia.haubro.andersen@slu.se

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 favourite areas of trauma, inflammation and pain. During her career Pia has developed a large international network. The most current research project includes academic experts in machine learning technology from both KTH here in Sweden and at 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 conducts research primarily focused on the interpretation and application of objective motion analysis in lameness diagnostics. She also works as a clinical veterinarian at the UDS Equine Clinic, where her main area of expertise is orthopaedics. Emma earned her doctorate in 2020 with a thesis examining the clinical relevance of movement asymmetries in healthy and lame riding horses. She is now continuing her work on projects that study movement patterns in lame horses during lunging, compensatory asymmetries, the role of the withers, and lameness specifically in Icelandic horses. In addition to her research, Emma is an award-winning teacher of veterinary students (Recipient of the 2016 Pedagogical Award). She teaches veterinary and animal nursing students in subjects such as anatomy, orthopaedics, and motion analysis, and also supervises students in their master’s thesis work.

Katrina Ask: katrina.ask@uds.slu.se, 018-672125

Katrina has a PhD in veterinary medicine and is researching lameness and orthopaedic pain in horses and dairy cows. As lameness in our animals causes a lot of suffering and reduced animal welfare, this is a very important area of research. As a PhD student, Katrina evaluated whether pain scales can be used to assess orthopaedic pain, and studied the behaviours and combinations of facial movements that horses show in pain (link to the thesis). Before joining SLU in 2017, Katrina worked at a district with cows and horses, at the UDS Equine Clinic, and at a private equine clinic in Denmark.

Katrina is also a teacher and deputy director of studies for the Veterinary Programme. She teaches anatomy to veterinary and veterinary nurse students, and supervises students writing their bachelor and/or master thesis.

Johan Lundblad: johan.lundblad@slu.se

Johan joined us as a research assistant 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, among other things, 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 started working as a research assistant in 2021 after graduating from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) with a veterinary degree. In her thesis she focused on studying movement asymmetries in Icelandic horses. Since January 2022, Ebba is working as a PhD student with a continued focus on movement asymmetries in horses and potential factors that can influence these. In addition to her research, she teaches anatomy to students from several different programmes, 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 in 2021 after completing her veterinary degree at SLU. From 2022, she is a PhD student, and in her project she is investigating how dairy cows change their movement pattern when lame. This is so that in the future it will be possible to develop monitoring systems that can help animal owners to detect lame animals earlier. She also participates in various research projects in equine biomechanics, and teaches students in anatomy. She grew up on a farm with cows and horses, and has extensive experience competing ponies in field events and show jumping.

Maja Söderlind: maja.soderlind@slu.se

Maja is a veterinarian and started her PhD work on facial expressions and behaviours linked to pain in cows in spring 2023. After her veterinary degree from the University of Copenhagen in 2013, Maja worked at a district mixed practice and at a small animal clinic. Since 2017 she has been working at SLU, initially teaching anatomy and since 2021 combined with being a research assistant in biomechanics and pain in cows. In addition to her PhD project, she continues to teach veterinary students in anatomy and received the Veterinary Students' Pedagogical Award in 2023.

Ellen Law ellen.law@slu.se

Ellen graduated as a veterinarian in 2011 from the University of Copenhagen and has since then worked at the Specialist Horse Hospital in Helsingborg with orthopedics and imaging diagnostics. Since 2020, Ellen has been working part-time as a research assistant in the movement research team and since 2023 she has been a PhD student with research on imaging of equine patellar ligament injuries. Ellen is also undergoing a European specialist training (ECVDI residency) in equine imaging.

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