Kelly Blacklock

Kelly (she/her) is a senior lecturer in Small Animal Surgery at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, where she is involved in the clinical service, teaching, and research into the genetic basic and functional aspects of canine cancers. She is a Research Fellow at the Patton Lab in the Institute of Genetics and Cancer, where she studies metastasis of canine oral melanoma. Kelly is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a mentor of other staff on the Edinburgh Teaching Award. She leads the Athena Swan submission for the Vet School and is researching into gender disparity within the field of veterinary surgery Her current research interest focuses on looking at Gender Disparities within the field of veterinary surgery