Emily Birckhead

Emily Birckhead is a researcher at Charles Sturt University in the Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences department. Her work focuses on equine sepsis and inflammation, with a particular emphasis on neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) and syndecan-1 in clinical contexts. She has contributed to studies analyzing plasma nucleosomes in foals and visualizing NETs in synovial and peritoneal fluid samples.

Key research areas:

• Equine sepsis pathogenesis
• Inflammation biomarkers
• Immunofluorescence microscopy applications
• Neonatal foal critical care

Recent contributions: Her 2023-2025 publications demonstrate expertise in diagnostic investigation and molecular mechanisms of equine inflammatory diseases, with significant citations in veterinary science domains.