Dr. Martin Sheldon, DVM and PhD, will present this year’s Schofield Memorial Lecture on “A Trail in Discovery from Animal Disease and Infertility to Innate Immunity.”

Sheldon worked in clinical practice for 14 years before moving to the Royal Veterinary College, where he participated in clinical teaching and developed his research interests in the molecular mechanisms of infection and immunity.

After completing his PhD in 2002 using a combination of clinical and laboratory studies, he received a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Research Development Fellowship in 2006. He moved to full-time research and studied fundamental questions about the biology of infection and immunity.

In 2008, he established a laboratory at Swansea University Medical School focusing on reproductive immunology. His research was recognized with the award of Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2013.

Location: OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1714