ProfessorFinola Leonard

Finola (Nola) Leonard graduated in veterinary medicine from University College Dublin and after a few years in private practice returned to UCD and completed her PhD in veterinary microbiology.  She worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Teagasc (the Agriculture and Food Development Authority) in dairy and pig health and welfare before returning to UCD as a lecturer in veterinary microbiology in UCD in 1997.  Nola is currently Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Microbiology. She teaches veterinary microbiology and infectious disease in the veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing programmes. Her research interests include antimicrobial use and resistance in all animal species and  infectious disease and related welfare issues in pigs. She chairs the UCD Veterinary Hospital Infection Control Committee and the Diagnostic Laboratory Management Committee.