Dr Maria Afonso

  • Lecturer in Anatomy and Diagnostic Imaging (Veterinary Science & Education )
  • Affiliate Researcher (School of Infection & Immunity)

Research interests

I am a veterinary educator with an interest in pedagogy and scholarship of education - my main areas of interest are assessment, study skills, curriculum development and EDI. I teach veterinary anatomy and am currently the course leader/level coordinator for the 2nd year of the Veterinary Medicine (BVMS) programme.

I am also interested in infectious respiratory diseases in companion animals, especially within the context of shelters and other multi-animal environments.

Research groups

Publications

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2025

Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Bennet, Euan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-1920 and Dowell, Fiona (2025) Mapping Success: Enhancing Pre-Clinical Student Learning with a Curriculum Mapping Tool. 2025 Veterinary Education Symposium (VetEd 2025), Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Bennet, Euan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-1920, Fontaine, Samantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-707X and Dowell, Fiona (2025) The Influence of Prior Higher Education Experience on Assessment Outcomes in Co-Designed Tasks Requiring Scientific Literature Appraisal and Critical Thinking. VetEd 2025 - International Symposium of the Veterinary Schools Council, Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

Law, Emilie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7322-675X, Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Dowell, Fiona, Marshall, Zamantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-1801, Pawson, Pat ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3082-2561, Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Wolfe, Lissann ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4407-2079 and Fontaine, Samantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-707X (2025) A Cross-years Course Leader Collaboration to Improve Veterinary Students' Assessment and Feedback Literacy. VetEd Symposium 2025, Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

2021

Radford, Alan, Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315 and Sykes, Jane E. (2021) Feline calicivirus infections. In: Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat [5. Ed.]. Elsevier: London, UK, pp. 443-454. ISBN 9780323509343 (doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-50934-3.00035-5)

2020

Smith, Shirley L., Afonso, Maria M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Pinchbeck, Gina L., Gaskell, Rosalind M., Dawson, Susan and Radford, Alan D. (2020) Temporally separated feline calicivirus isolates do not cluster phylogenetically and are similarly neutralised by high-titre vaccine strain FCV-F9 antisera in vitro. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 22(6), pp. 602-607. (doi: 10.1177/1098612x19866521) (PMID:31411533) (PMCID:PMC7252219)

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Number of items: 5.

Articles

Smith, Shirley L., Afonso, Maria M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Pinchbeck, Gina L., Gaskell, Rosalind M., Dawson, Susan and Radford, Alan D. (2020) Temporally separated feline calicivirus isolates do not cluster phylogenetically and are similarly neutralised by high-titre vaccine strain FCV-F9 antisera in vitro. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 22(6), pp. 602-607. (doi: 10.1177/1098612x19866521) (PMID:31411533) (PMCID:PMC7252219)

Book Sections

Radford, Alan, Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315 and Sykes, Jane E. (2021) Feline calicivirus infections. In: Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat [5. Ed.]. Elsevier: London, UK, pp. 443-454. ISBN 9780323509343 (doi: 10.1016/b978-0-323-50934-3.00035-5)

Conference or Workshop Item

Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Bennet, Euan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-1920 and Dowell, Fiona (2025) Mapping Success: Enhancing Pre-Clinical Student Learning with a Curriculum Mapping Tool. 2025 Veterinary Education Symposium (VetEd 2025), Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Bennet, Euan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-1920, Fontaine, Samantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-707X and Dowell, Fiona (2025) The Influence of Prior Higher Education Experience on Assessment Outcomes in Co-Designed Tasks Requiring Scientific Literature Appraisal and Critical Thinking. VetEd 2025 - International Symposium of the Veterinary Schools Council, Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

Law, Emilie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7322-675X, Afonso, Maria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7786-5315, Dowell, Fiona, Marshall, Zamantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8508-1801, Pawson, Pat ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3082-2561, Wigham, Ellie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3616-7745, Wolfe, Lissann ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4407-2079 and Fontaine, Samantha ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0240-707X (2025) A Cross-years Course Leader Collaboration to Improve Veterinary Students' Assessment and Feedback Literacy. VetEd Symposium 2025, Bristol, UK, 2-4 July 2025.

This list was generated on Thu Sep 18 17:47:47 2025 BST.

Teaching

Veterinary Medicine & Surgery BVMS

  • Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery 1 VETMED1022

  • Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery 2 VETMED2022

Veterinary Biosciences BSc/MSci

  • Comparative Veterinary Anatomy 1 VETSCI1005

Professional activities & recognition

Editorial boards

  • 2024 - ongoing: The Veterinary Journal