Dr Sara Healy
Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology
Campus: Camden
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
PhD (Veterinary Parasitology), University of Surrey
Committee member for the British Association for Veterinary Parasitology (BAVP, Secretary)
Member of the The European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites UK & Ireland (ESCCAP)
Healy SR, Morgan ER, Prada JM, Karadjian G, Chevillot A, Betson M. First use of tissue exudate serology to identify Toxocara spp. infection in food animals. Int J Parasitol. 2024 May;54(6):303-310. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.02.003. Epub 2024 Mar 6. PMID: 38458482.
Healy, S.R., Morgan, E.R., Prada, J.M. and Betson, M., 2023. From fox to fork? Toxocara contamination of spinach grown in the south of England, UK. Parasites & vectors, 16(1), p.49.
Healy, S.R., Morgan, E.R., Prada, J.M. and Betson, M., 2022. First report demonstrating the presence of Toxocara spp. eggs on vegetables grown in community gardens in Europe. Food and waterborne parasitology, 27, p.e00158.
Healy, S.R., Morgan, E.R., Prada, J.M. and Betson, M., 2022. Brain food: rethinking food-borne toxocariasis. Parasitology, 149(1), pp.1-9.
Lecturer for the BVetMed, BSc and MSc Bio Sciences, MSc Wild Animal Biology, and MSc Bioveterinary/Biological Research degree courses.
Sara is a member of the Department of Pathobiology and Population Sciences. She has a clinical background, previously working as a vet in practice for almost a decade. Her research interests include zoonotic helminths and their routes of transmission, and much of her work has focused on Toxocara spp. of canids and felids.