Dr Attipa is an Associate Professor in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh. After becoming a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and an RCVS recognised specialist in Veterinary Clinical Pathology, he was awarded a Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellowship at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine to study the role of neutrophils and neutrophils extracellular traps (NETs) in pediatric cerebral malaria in Malawi using -omics approaches in clinical samples, ex-vivo cell models and mouse models. His particular interest in how abnormal granulopoiesis and NETs affect immune responses in chronic infections. He also has ongoing research projects in Malawi focusing on malaria and zoonotic infections. More recently he has been leading a research project on an outbreak of feline coronavirus. Dr Attipa is author or co-author of several papers published on international peer-reviewed journals and a speaker in several international congresses.