Primary fields of research

- spermatogenesis

- contraception in companion animals

Short presentation

Education and professional activity:

01.10.1996-22.11.2001 Studies of veterinary medicine; result: good (1.68); licence to practice veterinary medicine (Approbation)

01.12.2001 - 30.09.2002  Job shadowing at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals with Veterinary Ambulance (KGGA) of the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Professorship for Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction I, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Bostedt

01.10.2002-25.08.2013 Scientific assistant (BAT IIa) at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals with Veterinary Ambulance, Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany (Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. B. Hoffmann, Prof. Dr. A. Wehrend) 

since 01.10.2013 Associate Professor for Reproduction at the Department of Large Animal Sciences, Section for Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, Copenhagen university, Denmark (permanent position)

11.02.2005 Viva voce (Rigorosum); Dr. med. vet.: Light and electron microscopic examinations of stallion semen and biochemical analyses of the seminal plasma

24.08.2006 German Diplomate for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology of Reproduction (Fachtierarzt für Zuchthygiene und Biotechnologie der Fortpflanzung)

 12./13.11.2010 Diplomate European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR)

22.01.2014 Habilitation; Dr. habil.: Downregulation of testicular function in the male dog and tom cat: Endocrine and clinical aspects as well as characterisation of downregulation and recrudescence of spermatogenesis following downregulation in the male dog

Major Awards

07.03.2013 Winner of the Award of the Dres. Jutta & Georg Bruns-Foundation for innovative Veterinary Medicine 2013 

13.11.2011 Winner of the European Veterinary Award of the Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft 

Special duties:

since 06.07.2013 EVSSAR Board member

CV

Name: Sandra Goericke-Pesch

Date of birth: 06.04.1977

Place of birth: Krefeld, Germany

Nationality: German

Family status: married, 2 children 

Professional activity after graduation to a veterinary surgeon:

since 01.10.2013 Associate Professor for Reproduction at the Department of Large Animal Sciences, Section for Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, Copenhagen university, Denmark (permanent position)

01.10.2002-25.08.2013 Scientific assistant (BAT IIa) at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals with Veterinary Ambulance, Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany (Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. B. Hoffmann, Prof. Dr. A. Wehrend)
Involvement in all clinical services (large and small animals) including supervising young assistants and theoretical and practical courses for students and PhD students of the clinic. Since 2008 in charge of the small animal section.

April 2010-September 2011 Admission to the ProProfessur Projekt, mentoring for female scientists on their way to Professorship; mentor Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralf Einspanier, FU Berlin

23.11.-16.12.2009 Scientific residence for advanced training in molecular biology and laboratory work for habilitation with Mariusz Kowalewski, PhD und Prof. Dr. Alois Boos, Veterinary-Anatomical Institute Vetsuisse-Faculty, Zürich

16.-20.03.2009 ERASMUS Guest lectureship at the Trakian University in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

26.-30.05.2008 ERASMUS Guest lectureship at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland

01.12.2001 - 30.09.2002  Job shadowing at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals with Veterinary Ambulance (KGGA) of the Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Professorship for Physiology and Pathology of Reproduction I, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Bostedt

07.01.-28.03.2002 Placement at Bayer AG, Monheim; Germany, Division Animal Health, ressort marketing, portfoliomanagement companion animals – technical services under the guidance of Dr. Norbert Mencke

Further professional qualifications:

12./13.11.2010 Diplomate European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR)

24.08.2006 German Diplomate for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology of Reproduction (Fachtierarzt für Zuchthygiene und Biotechnologie der Fortpflanzung)

Further academic qualifications:

22.01.2014 Habilitation; Dr. habil. 

Downregulation of testicular function in the male dog and tom cat: Endocrine and clinical aspects as well as characterisation of downregulation and recrudescence of spermatogenesis following downregulation in the male dog

22.02.2007 Appointment as a member of the national examination committee for the subject “physiology and pathology of reproduction” 

11.02.2005 Viva voce (Rigorosum); Dr. med. vet.

Light and electron microscopic examinations of stallion semen and biochemical analyses of the seminal plasma

Supervising tutors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Bostedt, KGGA and Prof. Dr. Bergmann, Institute for Veterinary Anatomy, -Histology and Embryology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen (magna cum laude)

Universitary education: 

22.11.2001 Examination in veterinary medicine; result: good (1.68); licence to practice veterinary medicine (Approbation)

01.10.1996 Matriculation at the Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, for veterinary medicine

Awards, Prizes won

07.03.2013 Winner of the Award of the Dres. Jutta & Georg Bruns-Foundation for innovative Veterinary Medicine 2013 

20.10.2012 Winner of the poster award of the German Society for small animal medicine of the German Veterinary Society (DGK-DVG) in Düsseldorf (”Incidence and clinical symptoms of ovarian remnant syndrome and ovarian tumours in the bitch“)

13.11.2011 Winner of the European Veterinary Award of the Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft (“Clinical efficacy of a GnRH-agonist implant containing 4.7 mg deslorelin, Suprelorin®, regarding suppression of reproductive function in tomcats”)

Memberships

1. Member of the European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR)

2. Member of the European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR)

3. Member of the Academy of Veterinary Education (ATF) e.V. Bonn, Germany

Special duties

Since 06.07.2013EVSSAR Board member

Reviewer for the following journals:

Expert Opinion on Investigational drugs

Reproduction

Theriogenology

Reproduction Domestic Animals

Animal Reproduction Science

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery

Current Medicinal Chemistry

The Veterinary Journal

Australian Veterinary Journal

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition

Tierärztliche Praxis

Andrologia 

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Journal of Veterinary Medicine A

Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift

Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde

Kleintierpraxis

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Animal Reproduction

Archivos de Medicina veterinaria

Veterinarski arhiv

Evaluation of manuscripts for ATF for continuous veterinary education

Funding

2015-2018 Funding by Virbac and Minitube Germany for a project: The downregulated dog and recrudescence of spermatogenesis – an update

2015-2016(2018) Funding by Agrias och SKKs Forskningsfond for a project: Insights into canine uterine inertia – the role of myometrial function and its contractility (initial duration 12 months)

2014-2016 Funding for materials (Grant) by gkf (Society for cynological research) for the project: Understanding azoospermia in dogs: the first step to treatment? (duration 24 months)

2014-2015 Funding for materials (Grant) from the Bruns Foundation for the project: The role of the prostaglandin system in recrudescence of spermatogenesis following application of a GnRH agonist implant in dogs (duration 12 months)

2014 Funding for a project: A radiographic study of pelvic measurements of (Danish) Scottish Terriers by the Danish Kennel Klub

2012-2013 Funding of a doctoral grant by the AfT (Akademie für Tiergesundheit) for a project entitled: Identification and characterisation of vesicular structures in the canine ejaculate and studies on their functional role

2012-2013 Funding of hormone determinations in a project about hormonal castration in bitches in different stages of the oestrus cycle using a slow release GnRH-agonist implant (Suprelorin®) by Virbac, Germany

2012-2013 Funding of materials by gkf (Society for cynological research) for a project entitled: Identification and characterisation of vesicular structures in the canine ejaculate and studies on their functional role(duration: 12 months)

2011-2012 Funding of a doctoral grant by the Bruns-Foundation for a project entitled: Expression of the estrogen receptors in porcine and canine testes- prepubertal, adult and following downregulation with a slow release GnRH agonist implant (Duration: 18 months)

2009-2011 Project about hormonal castration in the bitch using a GnRH agonist implant [Virbac, Department Europe, France and Germany]

2009 Research grant from Hilde-und-Ewald-Bergestiftung, Gießen

2008-2011 Project about hormonal castration by downregulation with a GnRH slow release agonist (Suprelorin®) in male and female cats [Virbac, France and Germany}

2006-2008 Research grant for junior scientists, Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen