Ben graduated from Murdoch University in 1997. He completed an Internship at Randwick Equine Centre in 1998 followed by a residency in Equine Internal Medicine in Virginia (USA) gaining his Diplomate Registration in Equine Internal Medicine in 2004. He then spent 7 years in Finland as Head of the Veterinary department of Equine Medicine and Surgery and was also visiting Professor in Equine Medicine and Surgery in Estonia. In 2011, Ben was awarded his European Diplomate award and he has a special interest in equine gastric ulcers, with many peered review publications to his credit. He is an Associate Professor in Equine Internal Medicine at Massey University and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Liverpool in the postgraduate certificate programme.

Dr. Nielsen graduated with his DVM degree from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark in 2001. He spent three years in equine veterinary practice before joining graduate school. He received his Ph.D. in equine parasitology at University of Copenhagen in 2007, and served as assistant professor there until 2011.

He then joined the M.H. Gluck Equine Research Center at University of Kentucky where he now serves as associate professor and holds the title of Schlaikjer Professor in Equine Infectious Disease.

Nikki Walshe is currently an Assistant Professor in Equine Clinical Studies in UCD. She qualified from UCD school of veterinary medicine in 2011. Then over the next 5 years gained clinical experience and expertise in equine field medicine both in the southern hemisphere and here in Ireland, during which she completed a postgraduate certificate in advanced equine practice (CertAVP). She joined the UCD equine field service in 2016. In this role she provides a clinical service and facilitates the teaching of the equine clinical studies rotation.

From her experience in the field, Nikki developed a particular interest in the area of equine parasitology, which is the basis of her PhD - the investigation of mechanisms behind parasite associated disease in the horse with a particular emphasis on role of host immunology and the intestinal microbiome- supervised by Grace Mulcahy and Vivienne Duggan. She also recently began a residency training program with the European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC) supervised by Grace Mulcahy and Theo de Waal.

Jane Hodgkinson is Professor of Molecular Veterinary Parasitology, University of Liverpool. Her primary research focus is on anthelmintic resistance in parasites of ruminants and horses. Over the last 20 years she has secured multiple grants to investigate key aspects in the biology of the equine parasites, their diagnosis and control and is academic lead for the University of Liverpool equine parasitology diagnostic service, Diagnosteq. She has an extensive teaching portfolio at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and is a keen promoter of knowledge exchange to the equine community; promoting sustainable control practices.