Lisa Yon
Lecturer in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Contact
- workRoom C17 Gateway Building
Sutton Bonington Campus
Sutton Bonington
Leicestershire
LE12 5RD
UK - work0115 951 6358
- lisa.yon@nottingham.ac.uk
Biography
Lisa Yon obtained a BSc in Pscyhology from the University of Toronto, Canada. She received a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University, U.S.A., in 1996. She received her PhD from the University of California, Davis, U.S.A. in 2006 in Reproductive Physiology (Endocrinology of Musth in Asian Bull Elephants), having conducted the majority of her research on elephants in Thailand. She joined the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in 2007.
Expertise Summary
Lisa Yon is a Lecturer in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. She is a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and is Head of the Wildlife Team for the EU grant based at the SVMS entitled 'Novel Technologies for Surveillance of Emerging and Re-emerging Infections of Wildlife ' (with Paul Barrow, Richard Lea and Duncan Hannant).
Research Summary
I have an ongoing interest in reproduction, particularly reproductive endocrinology, in all species, but especially elephants. There are a number of elephant related projects which are currently… read more
Recent Publications
TARLINTON, RE, YON, L, KLISCH, K, TOTEMEYER, S and GOUGH, KC, 2011. Confidence As A Barrier To The Use Of Problem-Based Learning In Veterinary Undergraduate Students Journal Of Veterinary Medical Education. 38(3), 305-310 YON, L, FAULKNER, B, KANCHANAPANGKA, S, CHAIYABUTR, N, MEEPAN, S and LASLEY, B, 2010. A Safer Method For Studying Hormone Metabolism In An Asian Elephant (Elephas Maximus): Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Zoo Biology. 29(6), 760-766 ELSHEIKHA, HANY M, CLAYTON, SAMANTHA J, MORSY, TOSSON A and YON, LISA K, 2009. Parasitic zoonoses at the rodent-captive primate-human health interface. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology. 39(2), 447-60
YON, LISA, CHEN, JIANGANG, MORAN, PANCHO and LASLEY, BILL, 2008. An analysis of the androgens of musth in the Asian bull elephant (Elephas maximus). General and Comparative Endocrinology. 155(1), 109-15
Current Research
I have an ongoing interest in reproduction, particularly reproductive endocrinology, in all species, but especially elephants. There are a number of elephant related projects which are currently being explored. I am interested in identifying the underlying mechanisms involved in driving, and modifying expressions of, musth in the bull elephant. I am also interested in the role of the adrenal gland in reproductive activities in the elephant, as well as the interaction between nutrition and reproduction. I am interested in exploring the link between endocrinology and disease, and have a small collaborative project investigating this issue. There are numerous questions of interest relating to wildlife disease, and wildlife conservation, and to questions of population management which arise from such investigations. I am involved in and developing a number of projects which approach these issues from various angles: 1. Wildlife/livestock disease interface - this is a pressing concern, particularly in developing countries, where wildlife may serve as reservoirs for disease. However, transmission in the reverse direction is also of concern as can present a significant conservation risk (for example rabies and distemper transmission from domestic dogs to African wild dogs and lions). 2. Developing new technology to screen for present and emerging pathogens in wildlife. The EU grant we recently received, which is being coordinated by SVMS (with Paul Barrow, Richard Lea and Duncan Hannant), will develop nucleic acid and serological microarrays which will ultimately be able to screen for approximately 200 pathogens in one sample simulataneously. It is hoped this will be an extremely powerful tool for use in wildlife disease surveillance.
Past Research
I have conducted a project exploring the endocrinology of musth in Asian bull elephants, and in particular the role of the adrenal gland in this phenomenon.
Future Research
I am interested in identifying the underlying mechanisms involved in driving, and modifying expressions of, musth in the bull elephant. I am also interested in the role of the adrenal gland in reproductive activities in the elephant, as well as the interaction between nutrition and reproduction.
Wildlife/livestock disease interface - I am interested in projects which explore this interface, as well as the epidemiology of these diseases in an across animal populations.