Prof. Kerstin BAIKER

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Dr med vet, MRCVS, Diplomate ECVP, Cert Forensic Pathology, SFHEA

Associate Head
Clinical Professor

Office: Room 305, 3/F, Block 1B, To Yuen Building
Tel. no.: +852 3442-7235
Email: kbaiker@cityu.edu.hk
Web: CityU Scholars

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Biography Kerstin Baiker is a Clinical Professor for Veterinary Pathology at City University's Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences. She graduated from the Vet School at the Ludwigs-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, in 2004. She then continued her studies for a doctoral thesis as a cooperation project between the medical Institute of Diabetes Research (working group for Mitochondrial Genetics) and the Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Chair for General Pathology and Neuropathology in Munich, Germany.

After gaining her doctor title, she started working as a lecturer in veterinary neuropathology at the Chair for General Pathology and Neuropathology in Munich. Her research and teaching focused on neuropathological aspects of large, small and lab animals.

In 2009, Kerstin came to the Royal Veterinary College in London to complete a residency in Anatomic Pathology. She passed the certifying examination to become a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists and joined the Nottingham School of Veterinary Medicine and Science where she had a leading role in establishing a diagnostic service and an ECVP approved and successful training centre in Veterinary Pathology.

She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, member of several committees of the European College of Veterinary Pathologists, the European Board of Veterinary Specialisation and is one of the very few certified specialists in forensic veterinary pathology in Europe.

Research Interest Kerstin's research interests are broad and involve collaborative investigations of the pathogenesis of infectious and degenerative diseases, often with a focus on neuropathology and cardiopathology. Kerstin is one of the key members of the international 'Ape Heart Project' in Europe, trying to better understand great ape heart diseases, a significant cause of death among great apes.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-6879

Selected Publication Morey-Matamalas A, Denk D, Silina A, Stidworthy MF, Matz-Rensing K, Bleyer M; Baiker K, 2021
Histopathological characterisation of colitis in captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla ssp. gorilla)
Journal of Comparative Pathology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2021.04.003

Moittie S, Sheppard M, Thiele T, Baiker K, 2020
Non-Infectious, Necrotizing and Granulomatous Aortitis in a Female Gorilla.
Journal of Comparative Pathology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.09.009

De Freitag MI, Housley D, Caine A, Fauchon E, Baiker K, Corbetta D, Cherubini GB, 2021
Myelopathy secondary to an intramedullary arteriovenous malformation in a mature dog. J Vet Intern Med.
PLoS ONE 15(12): e0244105 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.16045

Moittie S, Baiker K, Strong V, Cousins E, White K, Liptovszky M, Redrobe S, Alibhai A, Sturrock CJ and Rutland CS, 2020
Discovery of os cordis in the cardiac skeleton of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
Scientific Reports. 10(1), 9417 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66345-7

Morey-Matamalas A, Corbetta D, Waine K, Payne R, Grau-Roma L,Baiker K, 2020
Exercise-induced Acute Abdominal Haemorrhage due to Iliopsoas Trauma in Racing Greyhounds.
Journal of Comparative Pathology 177, 42-46 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.04.001

Strong V, Moittie S, Sheppard MN, Liptovszky M, White K, Redrobe S, Cobb M,Baiker K, 2019
Idiopathic Myocardial Fibrosis in Captive Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).
Vet Pathol DOI: 10.1177/9442

Eiras-Diaz, Priaz F, Paciello O, Waine K,Baiker K, Housley D, Gardini A and Florey J, 2020
Unusual clinical presentation of dystrophin-deficient feline muscular dystrophy in the UK
Vet Records DOI: Case Reports. 8(1)

Lopez M, Pardon MC,Baiker K, Prior M, Yuchun D, Agostini A, Bai L, Auer DP, and Faas HM., 2019
Myoinositol CEST signal in animals with increased Iba-1 levels in response to an inflammatory challenge - preliminary findings.
PLOS ONE DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212002

Strong, V. J., Sheppard, M. N., Redrobe, S. & Baiker K, 2018
Guidelines for consistent cardiovascular post-mortem examination, sampling and reporting of lesions in European zoo-housed great apes.
International Zoo Yearbook 52 DOI: 10.1111/izy.12191

Strong, V. J., Martin, M., Redrobe, S., White, Baiker K, 2018
A retrospective review of great ape cardiovascular disease epidemiology and pathology.
International Zoo Yearbook 52 DOI: 10.1111/izy.1219

Polledo L, Grinwis Gcm, Graham P, Dunning M, Baiker K, 2018
Pathological findings in the pituitary glands of 201 dogs and cats and literature review.
Veterinary Pathology DOI: 10.1177/4162

Baiker K, Strong V, Moittie S, Redrobe S, Macdonal C, Liptovszky M, Cobb M, White K, 2017
New Insights into the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Cardiac Fibrosis in European Captive Chimps.
Journal of Comparative Pathology DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.10.051