Emmanuelle van Erck graduated in 1996 from the French Veterinary School of Maisons-Alfort. She trained in sports medicine at the University of Liège (Belgium) where she obtained her PhD on respiratory function testing in horses. She developped the equine sports medicine unit and consulted as senior clinician in the CIRALE in Normandy (France). In January 2010, she started her own ambulatory referral practice, the ‘Equine Sports Medicine Practice’, based in Belgium. Her practice offers specialized service in equine internal and sports medicine throughout Europe, following national teams and international riders.
Emmanuelle van Erck authored over 50 peer-reviewed scientific articles and regularly lectures at international conferences. She is a member of the FEI expert committee on prohibited substances and doping.

Gayle graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2002 and then undertook a rotating internship and residencies in large animal internal medicine and critical care at the Royal Veterinary College. She then moved to the University of Nottingham to undertake an equine cardiology PhD and stayed on staff for 15 years. She then joined IVC Evidensia where she led veterinary professional development and was an equine medicine consultant at Pool House Equine Hospital. She has recently returned to specialty practice as a clinician and educator at Equine Vet Medicine Referrals.