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Thu 9th Feb 2012 23:21

Amoroso Award

The award was instituted in memory of the late Professor E.C. Amoroso of the Royal Veterinary College. It is presented for outstanding contributions to small animal studies by a non-clinical member of university staff.

Alexander ‘Sandy’ Trees BVM&S PhD DipEVPC MRCVS – 2011 Amoroso Award Winner

The Amoroso Award is presented in 2011 to Sandy Trees for major contributions to the understanding of protozoal parasite infections in dogs, notably Neospora caninum.

Sandy qualified from Edinburgh’s Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in 1969. Following a year in mixed general practice and a research expedition to Kenya, Sandy completed a PhD on bovine babesiosis, and then worked for Elanco in Rome as veterinary advisor for their Middle East/North African operations. He was appointed Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Liverpool in 1980, became Head of the Parasite and Vector Biology Division of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in 1994 and then Dean of Liverpool’s Faculty of Veterinary Science until 2008. His research has led to over 130 papers in scientific journals, as well as numerous presentations at national and international conferences and regional veterinary meetings. Having served on the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons since 2000, in 2008 he became its Junior Vice-President, and in 2009 served as President. He is currently Senior Vice-President.

Previous Winners
2010 – A Vaughan-Thomas (Deceased) 2009 – B Catchpole 2008 – C Helps 2007 – G Pearson 2006 – J Boyd 2005 – S Carter

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