Clinical Research Fellow, University of Edinburgh

Rosie Herrington is a livestock veterinarian with a special interest in livestock’s role in humanitarian settings. She graduated as a veterinary surgeon from the University of Edinburgh in 2019 before gaining clinical experience in the field as well as consulting with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in a project that trained rural veterinary para-professionals on herd health and business in Eastern, Western and South Africa.

She holds a masters in International Humanitarian Affairs, which focussed on humanitarian ethics, law, research and how these apply to the livestock sector in disaster and conflict-affected settings. Following her research in Ethiopia with Vétérinaires Sans Frontières, she formed her research question which has led her to her role at the University of Edinburgh today.

In 2025, Rosie was awarded a UKRI / MRC funded pre-doctoral clinical research training fellowship for her project “Refugee camps and livestock: child malnutrition and health implications in Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya.”. The project partners are the University of Edinburgh, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and Save the Children Kenya. During her research Rosie will be investigating the variety of health impacts livestock ownership may have in a refugee camp setting. The results of this will provide the first evidence on this topic in this setting which will inform policy-making and humanitarian decision-making.

Research expertise: Livestock/International Humanitarian Affairs