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Staff Honours

Faculty of Veterinary staff have a wide spectrum of research expertise across a broad range of species. Faculty research income is drawn from a wide variety of sources, with the majority drawn from competitive government and industry grant-awarding bodies, both national and international. Major competitive funding sources include the Australian Research Council (ARC), The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Meat & Livestock Australia, Australian Pork Ltd, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC), Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs, Dairy Research and Development Corporation (DRDC), and the New South Wales Racing Research Fund Industry.

Industry collaborations have developed rapidly of late, either through contract research through companies such as Novogen, or through involvement of Faculty staff in ARC-LINKAGE projects with industry partners as diverse as Pfizer Pty Ltd, XY Inc (USA), various artificial breeding companies, and the Zoological Parks Board of NSW. Further, increasing involvement with Cooperative Research Centres has expanded research networks with commercial concerns, other Universities and state and national research organisations. Faculty has two active Research Foundations (Poultry and Dairy) that provide direct industry funding. Faculty has involvement in international research projects in, for example, China, Indonesia, Bhutan and the Philippines, where staff take a leading role in improving health and production of livestock as well as in training local scientists.

Many of our senior academics are internationally recognized and receive invitations to deliver plenary lectures and seminars worldwide and staff and postgraduate students have been honoured by a variety of research awards in recent times.

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Staff Awards

2008

Paul McGreevy: Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) citation; Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching
Vanessa Barrs: AVA Excellence in Teaching Award for 2007
Merran Govendir: Society Fellowship from the Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Inc (HERDSA)
Imke Tammen, Kathy Belov, Denise Wigney, David Griffin & Helen Hughes: Grace Mary Mitchell Awards for teaching, research, research support and teaching support respectively

2007

John Baguley, Christine Hawke, Melanie Collier, Federico Costa and Susan Matthew: Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2007
Trish Holyoake: Australian Biosecurity CRC Knowledge Broker Award, 2007
Chis Maxwell: Urrbrae Award for outstanding contributions to the application of science to agriculture in Australia, 2007
Jacqui Norris: Student Representative Council award for Positive Contributions to Undergraduate Learning, 2007
Imke Tammen, Frank Nicholas, Merran Govendir and Peta Phillips (on behalf of PERTC): Vice-Chancellor's Award for Support of the Student Experience, received for 'Improving the postgraduate research student experience in the Faculty of Veterinary Science', 2007
Sanaa Zaki: Australian Veterinary Practitioner Student Essay prize, 2007

2006 and before

John Baguley, Federico Costa, Clare Fitzpatrick, Grahame Feletti, David Hodgson, Gerard Marcus, Robert Ratcliffe, Melanie Robson and Angelika Trube: Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Support of the Student Experience, 2004
Katrina Bosward: National Pearson Education Uniserve Science Teaching Award, University of Sydney, 2006
David Emery: SRC award for Positive Contributions to Undergraduate Learning, 2006
Alison Gunn: Belle Bruce Reid Medal, University of Melbourne, 2006
Damien Higgins: Barry Munday Recognition Award, Wildlife Disease Association, for significant contribution to the field of wildlife health in Australasia over the past five years, 2006
Trish Holyoake: Belle Bruce Reid Medal, University of Melbourne, 2006
Geraldine Hunt: Belle Bruce Reid Medal, University of Melbourne, 2006; ASAVA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, 2000
Mark Krockenberger: National Pearson Education Uniserve Science Teaching Award, University of Sydney, 2006; Clunies Ross Memorial Award, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists & Grace Mary Mitchell Award for Early Career Researcher, 2004
Anne Lehnert: Australian Kidney Foundation prize for best laboratory research, 1997
Paul McGreevy: Co-winner Prince Laurent Animal Welfare Prize, 2001
Frank Nicholas: Helen Newton Turner Award, distinguished contribution to Animal Genetics (AAABG) 2003
Jacqui Norris: Carrick Institute Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2006; Grace Mary Mitchell Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2005; Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2004
Paul Sheehy: Grace Mary Mitchell Award, 2006
Rosanne Taylor: Finalist, National Teaching Awards, AUTC, 2003, 2002; Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, 2002; Pfizer Award for Excellence in Preclinical Veterinary Teaching & Grace Mary Mitchell Award for Service to the Faculty of Veterinary Science, 2001; Australian College of Veterinary Scientists’ Ian Clunies Ross Award for contributions to veterinary research, 1999
Richard Whittington: Clunies Ross Medal, outstanding research contributions, Aust College Vet Scientists, 2002
Sanaa Zaki: Hugh Gordon Award for Inspirational Clinical Teaching (Student Award), 2002; Dean’s Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching (Faculty of Veterinary Science), 2001

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Young Scientist Awards

2008

Kao Castle: Student presentation award at the Australasian Equine Science Society
Sabrina Lomax: Best student presentation at the First North American Conference on Epidemiology and Welfare at Ames, Iowa
Jessica King: Runner up at the Invasive Animals CRC conference in Darwin
James Neal: Young Dairy Scientists Communication Award, Australian Dairy Science Conference, 2008.
Camilla Whittington: Mayo Award for best student presentation at the Genetics Society of Australasia
Kath Briscoe, Amy Aspley Davis and Shanaka Saratchandra: passed the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (ACVSc) Membership Examinations in small animal and feline medicine

2007

Kiri Beilby: Meat and Livestock Australia New Scientist Award, Australasian Society for Reproductive Biology (SRB) meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand
Kao Castle: Runner-up, Welcome Trust and New Scientist essay writing competition
Cathy Chan: Young Speaker Prize, ACVSc Conference, Brisbane
Navneet Dhand: Chris Baldock Prize
Elissa Kluger: Equal First Prize in the Young Speakers
Program, The Australian College of Veterinary Scientists' Science Week
Michelle Lepherd: Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology Young Presenters Award
Hannah Siddle: Best Overall Student Presentation, Genetics Society Australasia Conference
Mini Singh: Young Scientist Award for best poster, AAABG conference, UNE; Best Poster, Genetics Society Australasia Conference, University of Sydney; Best Presentation Award at Dairy CRC Annual Conference; Young Scientist Award for best presentation at the Dairy Research Foundation (DRF) Symposium
Shelley Underwood: Young Scientist Communication Award at the Australian Dairy Conference
Camilla Whittington: Best presentation in Comparative Genomics, Genetics Society Australasia Conference
Emily Wong: Best Student Presentation, BioInfoSummer

Previous Years
Tina Baxter & Susan Gottlieb: 2nd and equal 3rd (respectively), Research Abstract Section of Science Week, 2006
Pietro Celi: Australian Society of Animal Production Young Scientist Award for best short communication, 2006
Evelyn Hall: 2nd Place Young Scientist Award, Dairy Science Conference, 2006
James Neal: Young scientist presentation award, Dairy Research Foundation Symposium, 2006
Jaclyn Aldenhoven: Best Student Presentation, APSA (Australasian Pig Science Association) meeting, 2005
Mariana Pedernera: Young Scientist Award, DRF Annual Symposium, 2005
Hannah Siddle: Mayo Award for Best Student Presentation, Joint Genetics Society of Australasia and Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting, 2005
Fiona Hollinshead: Runner-up Young Investigator, Int. Embryo Transfer Soc, 2003
Craig Bailey: Small Animal Young Speaker Award 2002 Australian College Science Week
Jody Braddock: Small Animal Young Speaker Award 2002 Australian College Science Week
Kathy Zhu: Roger Melick Young Investigator Award at the ANZ Bone and Mineral Society 2002

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Editorial Boards

Julia Beatty, Editorial Board, Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery
Paul Canfield, Editorial Board, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2007-2008
Paul Canfield, Editorial Board, Journal of Comparative Pathology, 2007-2008
Pietro Celi, Editorial Board, Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology
Gareth Evans, Associate Editor Reproduction in Domestic Animals (Germany)
Geraldine Hunt, Editorial Board, Australian Veterinary Journal
Chis Maxwell, Editorial Advisory Committee, Reproduction in Domestic Animals
Paul McGreevy, Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Veterinary Behavioral Medicine
Paul McGreevy, Editorial Board, Journal of Veterinary Behavior
Chris Moran, Editor in Chief of Animal Genetics
Frank Nicholas, Editorial Board, The Veterinary Journal (UK)
Herman Raadsma, Editorial Board, Australian Journal Agricultural Science
Vivienne Reeve, Associate Editor, Photochemistry and Photobiology, 2004+
Vivienne Reeve, Associate Editor, Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 2007+
Glenn Shea, Editor, Australian herpetological journal "Herpetofauna"
[[b||Rosanne Taylor||Editorial board, Journal of Veterinary Science, 2006-8

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Scientific Community Service

Kathy Belov: NSW representative Genetics Society of Australasia; Associate Investigator ARC Centre of Excellence for Kangaroo Genomics; Opossum, platypus and tammar wallaby genome sequencing consortium
Paul Canfield: Chairman of the John Williamson Research Fund, under the Koala Preservation Society of New South Wales Inc
Pietro Celi: Secretary of the Australian Society of Animal Production (Sydney branch)
David Emery: SheepGenomics Program- Subprogram leader for Host resistance to Internal Parasites (2004-7)
Gareth Evans: Secretary General, International Congress on Animal Reproduction (1996-present)
Trish Holyoake: Vice-President Australian Assoc Pig Veterinarians; on the Bell Bruce Reid Honor Roll; Committee member for the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA)
Geraldine Hunt: Organising Committee 2007 World Small Animal Veterinary Association Congress; Head examiner, Fellowship, Small Animal Surgery, Australian College of Veterinary Scientists
Chis Maxwell: Member of the International Standing Committee, International Congress on Animal Reproduction
Roy McClements: Avian Nutrition Advisor to the American Zoological Association
Paul McGreevy: Founder member of the International Society for Equitation Science; Scientific Advisor, World Society for the Protection of Animals, and, RSPCA (Australia)
Chris Moran: Member Standing Committee Pig Gene Mapping of the Int Soc Animal Genetics (1996-2004)
Herman Raadsma: Executive Member, Innovative Dairy Products Cooperative Research Centre
Glenn Shea: Librarian, Australian Herpetological Society; Consultative Committee NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Native Animal Keepers
Imke Tammen: Technical Assessor Genetic Testing, National Association of Testing Authorities (Aust)
[[b||Rosanne Taylor||Australasian Veterinary Schools Accreditation Committee Reviewer, 2005- 2008
Sanaa Zaki: Examiner (Anaesthesia) Aust College Veterinary Surgeons; RNSH Animal Care & Ethics Committee member 2007-2011; UTS Animal Care & Ethics Committee member 2007-2011

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International and National Conference Plenary Lectures

Gareth Evans; Lindsay Gillan: Int Symp. Reproduction in Small Ruminants, Colonia, Uruguay
Sergio (Yani) Garcia: 5th South African Large Herd Conference, Jeffreys Bay, South Africa; 48th Annual Conference of Grassland Society of Southern Australia, Murray Bridge, Australia; Dairy Science 2007, Melbourne, Australia; 6th Congreso Internacional de Lecheria, Tandil-Santa Fe, Argentina; Dairy Science Symposium 2006, Mt Gambier, South Australia
Geraldine Hunt: Invited Speaker American College of Veterinary Scientists Annual Conference, Denver, Colorado
Leo Jeffcott: JD Stewart Address 'On the back of the horse - a tribute to the horse and its special relationship with a vet'
Anne Lehnert: Sixth Basic Sciences symposium of The Transplantation Society in Monterey, California
Chis Maxwell: 6th International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation, Doorwerth The Netherlands; 15th International Congress on Animal Reproduction, Porto Seguro, Brazil; 7th International Symposium on Ruminant Reproduction, Wellington, NZ; 6th International Conference on Boar Semen Preservation, Guelph, Canada; European Society of Domestic Animal Reproduction, Celle, Germany.
Chris Moran: Int Symposium on Animal Genomics, Suwon, South Korea
Herman Raadsma: Inaugural Annual Symposium Genesis Faraday, University of Cambridge, UK
Vivienne Reeve: European Society for Photobiology Conference, Bath UK

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