Dr Valentina Busin
(DVM, DipECSRHM, PhD, MRCVS)Job Title:
Head of Veterinary Surveillance
Staff ORCID ID:
0000-0003-2549-3430
Contact Email:
valentina.busin@moredun.ac.uk
Address:
Moredun Research Institute, Pentlands Science Park, Bush Loan, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0PZ
Job Role
As Head of the Veterinary Surveillance Unit, Valentina is committed to promoting animal health and supporting the Scottish livestock industry through high-quality diagnostic testing, surveillance, education, and stakeholder engagement.
Biography
Valentina is a farm animal veterinarian, specialised in small ruminant medicine and management. She worked in mixed and farm animal practice for few years, before following her passion for sheep and goats and obtaining the Diploma for the European College of Small Ruminant Health Management in 2014.
That lead to discovering a true passion for research and evidence-based medicine, which she pursued by completing a mechanical engineering PhD program jointly between Moredun and Heriot-Watt University on point-of-care diagnostics.
She worked as a senior clinician in disease investigation and surveillance at the School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine of the University of Glasgow. Here, she discovered the fascinating (and critical) world of animal disease surveillance, an area of veterinary medicine fundamental for early detection and preparedness to endemic and high impact exotic diseases.
Travelling and the international scene had always been a great drive for Valentina, so she joined the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations as a veterinary consultant. In this role, which she will continue, she supports national veterinary services in detecting, diagnosing, and reporting on transboundary animal diseases (TADs).
In October 2025, Valentina has returned to Moredun, where she aspires to be part of an internationally recognized research institute, contributing to their cutting-edge research programme.
Current Research
Valentina interest focus on small ruminants’ medicine and production, transboundary animal diseases, veterinary diagnostics and surveillance. In particular, Valentina is keen on research toward practical, field applications of diagnostics (point-of-care) and in improving passive surveillance of diseases, through the engagement of stakeholders and a wider use of existing data.
Selected Publications
- Busin, V.,
- Kenyon, F.,
- Parkin, T.,
- McBean, D.,
- Laing, N.,
- Sargison, N.D.,
- Ellis, K.,
- Eilidh Geddes,
- Sibylle Mohr,
- Elizabeth Sian Mitchell,
- Sara Robertson,
- Anna M. Brzozowska,
- Stewart T. G. Burgess,
- Valentina Busin,
- Jones, R.O.,
- Geddes, E.,
- Mohr, S.,
- Bell, I.R.,
- Brulisauer, A.G.,
- Pritchard, C.,
- Nisbet, A.J.,
- Burgess, S.T.G.,
- Busin, V.,
- Alistair Antonopoulos,
- Owen Higgins,
- Stephen R. Doyle,
- David Bartley,
- Alison Morrison,
- Maha Mansour Shalaby,
- Julien Reboud,
- Eileen Devaney,
- Terry J. Smith,
- Roz Laing,
- Valentina Busin,
