Research
I am University Clinical Veterinary Anatomist and am responsible for organising and teaching much of the pre-clinical veterinary course at Cambridge.
In the first year, all veterinary students study the anatomy of the limbs and trunk of the major mammalian domestic species. In their second year they receive specialised teaching on the nervous system and head, as well as a more general course on the biology of non-mammalian vertebrates and 'non-standard' mammalian species. Our teaching of gross anatomy is informed by contemporary research in evolutionary and developmental biology, as well as an emphasis on the clinical relevance of anatomy.
In the second year, the veterinary students also receive a dedicated course on reproductive biology. This is a fully integrated approach to the anatomy, physiology, ecology and artificial management of reproduction. Students are encouraged to go beyond what is strictly necessary to function as a clinician and consider the wider aspects of this subject.
I am actively involved in the public understanding of science, having written popular science books (below), as well as regularly delivering talks at schools. For more information about my books, see www.davidbainbridge.org.
I am also responsible for maintaining the History of Veterinary Anatomy page.
Publications
Bainbridge DRJ, (2015), Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape, Portobello, London
Bainbridge DRJ, (2012), Middle Age: A Natural History, Portobello, London
Bainbridge DRJ, (2009), Teenagers: A Natural History, Portobello, London
Bainbridge DRJ, (2009), The normal anatomy of the soft tissue structures of the pelvis, in Equine Back Pathology, Ed. Henson, Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK
Bainbridge DRJ, (2008), The sea horse and the cockerel's spur, NewScientist, 197, 40-43
Bainbridge DRJ, (2008), Beyond The Zonules of Zinn: A fantastic journey through your brain, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bainbridge DRJ, (2005), Les metamorphoses d'un chromosome sexuel, La Recherche, 385, 29-40
Bainbridge DRJ, (2003), The double life of women, NewScientist, 178, 42-45
Bainbridge DRJ, (2003), The X in Sex: How the X chromosome controls our lives, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bainbridge DRJ, (2000), A Visitor Within: The Science of Pregnancy, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London
Bainbridge DRJ, Jabbour HN, (1998), The potential of assisted breeding techniques for conservation of endangered mammalian species: a review, Veterinary Record, 143, 159-168
