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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Dr Keith Howe retires from teaching at the RVC
In Eclipse 2016, we recognised Dr Keith Howe’s honorary degree. Fast-forward three years, and in January this year a public lecture on ‘An Economist’s View of One Health’ followed by a drinks reception took place to say goodbye to Dr Howe, who subsequently retired from his teaching duties at the RVC. The lecture was a journey on the complexity of One Health challenges and how economics can help to inform
decisions on resource allocation for potential solutions to the benefit of human, animal and environmental health. At the same time as celebrating the work of Dr Howe, the lecture also celebrated International One Health Day.
During the lecture, he received a warm farewell speech from his RVC colleagues, who praised his enthusiasm for the subject and teaching, love for detail, integrity and an impressive ability to make career choices based on interest and not prestige. To thank him for all his wonderful contributions and honour his great passion for national parks and oak trees, he received an oak tree sapling that was subsequently delivered to the hands of the Lead Ranger at Knightshayes House and Gardens, near Tiverton in the county of Devon, where we will see it planted close to the main entrance of the estate.
Dr Howe is an agricultural economist and senior research fellow at the University
of Exeter. He has taught economics to RVC and London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine MSc students for the last 18 years and collaborated with many RVC researchers. Dr Howe has elaborated many critical theoretical foundations for economics of animal health and contributed high quality peer-reviewed publications, workshops and conference presentations. In 2016, he received a London University honorary doctorate in veterinary medicine (DVetMed) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to animal health and welfare and, in particular, to the use of economics
in animal health. In 2018 he received an Award for Excellence from the Agricultural Economics Society for his outstanding contribution to teaching and public policy.
Daniella Dos
Santos elected as
new BVA President
Daniella Dos Santos, small animal vet and RVC alumna (BVetMed, 2012) has recently been elected as the new BVA President for the coming year.
In addition, James Russell, also an RVC alumnus, completing his BVetMed in 2002 and Postgraduate Diploma in Livestock Health and Production in 2008, will be taking on the role of Junior Vice President.
We wish them both a successful year in their roles.
RVC staff awarded Professorships
We were delighted that in the spring, four members of RVC staff were promoted to Professor:
Michelangelo Campanella (CBS) Simon Priestnall (PPS)
David Connolly (CSS)
Vicky Lipscomb (CSS)
Many congratulations to these RVC staff on their Professorships.
There will be an evening of inaugural lectures delivered by our new Professors before the end of the
year and we look forward to hearing about their work. The inaugural lecture evening will provide an opportunity
for these academics to celebrate this milestone in their careers with an audience of family, friends and members of the RVC community.
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