Affiliation: Surrey University

Anna Eleonora Karagianni is a certified veterinary surgeon and an immunologist by training. She graduated as a veterinarian at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2008) and shortly after she continued her veterinary training in a small animal practice. After that, she obtained a Master by Research in veterinary immunology at the Royal Veterinary College University of London (2010) and a PhD in equine macrophage biology at the Roslin Institute and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh University (2014). Her academic career continued with postdoctoral positions in veterinary immunology at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh University (funded by Zoetis), and Moredun Research Institute (BBSRC funded). In 2018, she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh University, funded by the Horserace Betting Levy Board. The outcomes of her fellowship led to new follow-up funding (Hong Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research Foundation). Anna has also worked short term as a trainee at the European Food Safety Authority in Parma, Italy at the Animal Health Unit (2022). Last August, she joined Surrey University as a lecturer in Veterinary Clinical Research at the department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, while she continues collaborating with the Roslin Institute. Her work aims to apply advanced comparative multiomic methodologies (transcriptomics & proteomics) to study immunology in health and disease across species and address potential similarities regarding their immunity, under the umbrella of One Health. She has a particular interest in airway immunology and equine asthma.