Dr Steven Van Winden

DVM MSc MBA PhD FHEA MRCVS Dipl ECBHM
Associate Professor Population Medicine + Associate Dean

Department: Pathobiology & Population Sciences

Campus: Hawkshead

Research Groups: Sustainable Food Systems, Food Safety, IRLFS (Research Programme)

Clinical Groups: Farm Animal Health

Steven is associate professor in population medicine and area where he can apply his background in individual animal care and his further training in epidemiology and management. This allows him to focus on interventions on a group level, making significant improvements on disease control by idenifying and altering the specific areas for change.

Director of the RVC (ECBHM) residency programme (2006-2025)

Associate Dean Undergraduate Teaching and Learning (2019-2024)

Rapid Reaction Network, Science Media Centre, London (2013-current)

Veterinary Advisor on the Johne’s Disease Advisory Board, DairyUK (2010-current)

Director of the Farm Animal Clinical Services rotation (2010-2015)

Member of the Credentials Committee of the European College of Bovine Health Management (2008-2014)

Over the last 5 years, Steven has secured over £1.5 million in research funding. This research funding has been obtained from a range of stakeholders: national government, international NGOs, levy boards, and charities.

Outputs over the previous 5 years:

Schaefer, KA, Youngjune, K, van Winden, S (2025) Liberalization of Animal Genetic Resources Trade and Local Animal Productivity Outcomes: A Natural Experiment, Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1002/jaa2.70003

Nunney, E, Crotta, M, Bond, K, van Winden, S, Green, M, Guitian, J (2023) Dataset on risk factors for seroconversion against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in dairy cows, Data in Brief: 109671, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109671

Nunney, E, Crotta, M, van Winden, S, Bond, K, Green, M, Guitian, J (2023) Unravelling transmission of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis to dairy calves: results of a lifelong longitudinal study, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 219: 106022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.106022.

Qi, A, Whatford, L, Payne-Gifford, S, Cooke, R, Van Winden, S, Häsler, B, Barling, D (2023) Can 100% pasture-based livestock farming produce enough ruminant meat to meet the current consumption demand in the UK? Grasses, 2(3): 185-206, https://doi.org/10.3390/grasses2030015 

Plate, P, van Winden, S (2023) A comparison of dry period outcomes after selective dry cow therapy carried out by farm staff versus veterinary students in a low-cell-count dairy herd. Animals, 13(14): 2318, https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13142318

Scheitrum, DP, Schaefer, AK, van Winden, S (2022) Moral hazard in the British bovine tuberculosis control programme, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 50(2): 624–654, https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbac027.

Whatford, L, van Winden, S, Häsler, B (2022) A systematic literature review on the economic impact of endemic disease in UK sheep and cattle using a One Health conceptualisation. Preventative Veterinary Medicine, 209: 105756. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105756

Payne-Gifford, S, Whatford, L, Tak, M, Van Winden, S, Barling, D (2022) Conceptualising Disruptions in British Beef and Sheep Supply Chains during the COVID-19 Crisis. Sustainability, 14: 1201. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031201.

Nunney E, Crotta, M, van Winden, S, Bond K, Green, M, Guitian, J. (2022) Effect of tuberculin skin testing on serological results against Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP): Evidence of distinct effects in MAP-infected and noninfected cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 105(10): 8354-8363. doi: 10.3168/jds.2021-21753.

Schaefer, AK, Scheitrum, DP, van Winden, S (2021) Returns on investment to the British bovine tuberculosis control programme. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 00: 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12459.

Bunting, M, Challice, B, Gibson, A, van Winden, S (2021) In vitro supplementation of copper modulates the functional Th1/Th2 phenotype of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in cattle. Animals, 11(9): 2739. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11092739

Howarth, BE, van Winden, S (2021) Changing Veterinary Attitudes towards Delivering Biosecurity Advice to Beef Farmers. Animals, 11(7): 1969. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11071969

Bridges N, van Winden S (2021) The Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis Positive Milk Antibody ELISA Results in Dairy Cattle under Varying Time Periods after Skin Testing for Bovine Tuberculosis. Animals, 11(5): 1224. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11051224.

Leite, RF, Gonçalves, JL, Buanz, A, Febraro, C, Craig, D, Van Winden, S, Good, L, Santos, MV (2021) Antimicrobial activity of polyhexamethylene biguanide nanoparticles against mastitis-causing Staphylococcus aureus, Journal of Dairy Science Communications, 2: 114. https://doi.org/10.3168/jdsc.2021-0114.

Hennessey, M, Whatford, L, Payne-Gifford, S, Johnson, KF, Van Winden, S, Barling, D, Häsler, B (2020) Antimicrobial & antiparasitic use and resistance in British sheep and cattle: a systematic review. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Dec;185, 105174. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105174. 

Steven's main contribution of teaching is the pre-clinical years of the BVetMed degree. 

  • Sustainable Beef & Sheep Food Systems

    This project brings together different disciplinary and One Health specialists from two collaborating universities; the Royal Veterinary College and the University of Hertfordshire to contribute creatively to solutions for more sustainable beef and sheep production and marketing systems in Great Britain.  

    Using trans-disciplinary, systems modelling approach we aim to map the British beef and sheep food systems and identify metrics of sustainability for each farming system to create an integrated model to assess impacts.

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