Vicki Adams

Dr Vicki Adams [BSc(Agr) DVM MSc PhD MRCVS] is a veterinary epidemiologist with a special interest in companion animals. In 2009 Vicki made the brave decision to start her own consulting business, providing epidemiological and statistical expertise to a variety of clients and projects. Vicki grew up in Vancouver and completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science at the University of British Columbia before heading to the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon where she completed a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1990.Vicki then went on to complete a one-year small animal internship at the University of Minnesota before working in both general and emergency small animal practice for seven years. Vicki returned to the University of Saskatchewan to do research in 1997. Having obtained an MSc in the epidemiology of rabies in wildlife, Vicki completed a PhD in small animal epidemiology investigating owner compliance with veterinary recommendations and prescribed medications.

Vicki joined the Animal Health Trust in 2003 and became the Head of Small Animal Epidemiology before leaving in 2009 when she made the brave decision to start her own consulting business as a veterinary epidemiologist with a special interest in companion animals. Since then, she has continued to do collaborative research, providing epidemiological and statistical expertise to a variety of clients and projects, whilst also being the founding editor of Veterinary Record Open until 2021 and Chief Executive of the Animal Cancer Trust charity. Vicki loves to talk and she speaks around the UK to a wide variety of audiences on many and varied topics.

Vicki shares her house with her beloved long-awaited Maine Coon, Malbec and a whippety-lurcher-thingy called Hattie.

January 2023