Emmanuel instantly felt like home
and I am very sad to have to leave
Professor Cassia Hare
MA VetMB (Cantab.), AFHEA DipACVP (Clin Path) DipECVCP MRCVS
Bye-Fellow; Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine
Teaching Professor; Principal Clinical Pathologist, QVSH
Biography
Cassia is our Director of Studies in Veterinary Medicine, and is Teaching Professor and Principal Clinical Pathologist at the University's Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital (QVSH). She studied Veterinary Medicine at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and after a short period in small animal first opinion practice, returned to Cambridge to undertake a rotating internship followed by specialist training in veterinary clinical pathology. She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and European College of Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ECVCP) and has worked both in commercial and university laboratories. She is also a EBVS European Specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, and a RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Pathology (Clinical).
Teaching Interests
Cassia enjoys teaching using a problem-based approach, encouraging students to apply the in-depth scientific knowledge they gain during the preclinical years of the Cambridge veterinary course to clinical case scenarios. Particular areas of interest include haematology, cytology and diagnostic stewardship, which involves tailoring the diagnostic testing performed in each case to optimise clinical outcomes. She is a Teaching Professor within the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Veterinary School Clinical Supervisor (VSCS) for Emmanuel. As well as undergraduate teaching, Cassia enjoys sharing her interests with qualified vets through provision of continuing professional development (CPD) sessions and specialist training for interns and residents at the QVSH.
Research
Cassia's primary research focus is the diagnosis of canine and feline lymphoma and leukaemia, particularly immunophenotyping using flow cytometry. Alongside colleagues in the Department of Veterinary Medicine, she is currently investigating the use of imaging flow cytometry as a novel tool. Additional areas of interest include the utility of haematology analyser data and the diagnosis of infectious disease in dogs and cats.
Spotlights
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Tobias Wauer – a report from the COVID-19 testing front line
It’s 8pm and I’m about to start a 12-hour shift at the national COVID-19 testing centre in Milton Keynes. Truckloads of boxes with transparent plastic bags just arrived and a brief announcement is made: 15,000 patient swabs. For now, the mood among the team is cheerful and enthusiastic, but I know it will have morphed into exhaustion and fatigue by the end of the night.