Rachel Bennett, MA VetMB, CertVA, DACVAA, PhD, is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia and completed a PhD in the clinical pharmacology of the peripheral α2-adrenoceptor antagonist vatinoxan in 2017. She works as a freelance anaesthetist and is co-editor-in-chief of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia.