Rikke Buhl

Kort præsentation

Born and raised in Jutland and obtained the veterinary degree (DVM) in 1999 at
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL). In 2004 she defended her PhD thesis.

She was the first veterinarian to introduce and develop modern
equine clinical cardiology in Denmark and she works within Large Animal Internal
Medicine at the Large Animal University Hospital at Taastrup Campus.
Here she participates in the clinical teaching of veterinary students within Internal
Medicine.

Since 2009 she has been Section Head of Medicine and Surgery, member of the leader
group at Department of Large Animal Sciences and at present supervisor of 3 PhD
students.
Internationally she has recently coauthored a consensus statement for
clinical evaluation of cardiac diseases in the equine athletes.
Privately she lives at Frederiksberg, is married and has three daughters and two stepsons.

CV

Present occupation:         

Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

Education:                        

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (1999)

PhD (2004). Thesis title: Cardiac development assessed by echocardiography in young Standardbred trotters

Employment:                    

PhD student, Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (May 1999)

Maternity leave (May 1999 – February 2000)

PhD student, Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (March 2000-December 2002)

Assistant Veterinarian, Department of Clinical Sciences, Large Animal Surgery, KVL (December 2002-April 2003)

Maternity leave (April 2003-February 2004)

PhD student, Department of Clinical Sciences, Internal Medicine, KVL (March 2004-June 2004)

Assistant Professor, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (June 2004-November 2007)

Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (November 2007 – October 2013)

PhD Coordinator, Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (April 2009 - 2016)

Head of Medicine and Surgery at Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (August 2009 - present)

Professor (MSO), Department of Large Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (October 2013 - present)

Other scientific qualifications

Reviewer:                       

• Acta Veterinaria Scandinavia
• Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
• Equine Veterinary Journal
• Veterinary Journal
• Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
• Journal of American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA)
• Journal of Veterinary Cardiology

Co-editor:

• Equine Veterinary Journal (2010)

Editorial Board Member:

• BMC Veterinary Research (2012 - present)
• Member of ACVIM board for the ACVIM consensus statement 2013:“Recommendations for equine athletes with cardiovascular abnormalities”
• Editorial Board Member for Dansk Veterinær Tidsskrift (Danish Veterinary Journal) (2012 -present)
• Member of Veterinary Research Committee, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (2013-2016)

Honours

• 2014: Best veterinary teacher elected by the veterinary students, University of Copenhagen

PhD supervision - present and past

Madsen, MF: Exercise-induced cardiac fatique in endurance horses. 2010-2015. Principal supervisor

Haugaard, MM:Electrical properties of the equine heart. 2010-2015. Principal supervisor.

Pedersen, P: Characterization of potassium channels in the equine heart with influence on repolarization. 2009-2014. Co-supervisor. Defended thesis August 27 2014

Lindberg, AH:Inflammation profile and endothelial cell death during endotoxemia in the horse, 2011-2015. Principal supervisor. Defended thesis August 21 2015

Nissen, AG:Influence of traditional horse handling procedures on the development of asymmetry in horses. 2009-2015. Principal supervisor

Olsen, E:Equine ataxia. 2009-2013. Principal supervisor. Defended thesis 2013

Carstensen, H:Proporties of small conductance calcium activtated potassium channels and their role in prevention of atrial fibrillation (2013-2016). Principal supervisor.

Hesselkilde, E: Chronic atrial fibrillation in the horse. New perspectives (2015-2018). Principal supervisor

Fenner, M: Chronic atrial fibrillation in horses. Medical treatment (2016-2019). Princiapl supervisor

Primære forskningsområder

Research has been concentrated within cardiovascular adaptation to exercise, often termed “Athlete’s Heart” in racehorses. This also includes atrial fibrillation in horses as well as Sudden Cardiac Death in equine athletes.  For all projects, the synergy between equine and human research is strong and visible and I hope our research will gain new insight into diseases that are of importance for both horse and man.

Undervisnings- og vejledningsområder

Teaching of pre- and post graduate Veterinarians within internal medicine curriculum. Also supervision of bachelor (>30 projects) and master student (>25 projects) as well as PhD students is a part of my supervision