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RVC HONOURS

During the RVC’s Graduation, on 12 July at Central Hall Westminster,

honorary Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees were awarded to
Robin Franklin, Mike Herrtage and Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka.

Professor Franklin of Cambridge in 2022 to become a
graduated from the RVC in 1988, Principal Investigator at Altos Labs’
having obtained a first-class Cambridge Institute of Science.
intercalated BSc in physiology Professor Franklin is a Fellow of the
from UCL en route. After a brief RCVS and of the Royal College of
period as a locum in a mixed- Pathologists. He is one of a small
practice in Humberside, he moved number of vets elected a Fellow of the
to the University of Cambridge on a Academy of Medical Sciences – and
Wellcome Trust doctoral scholarship. even smaller number elected a Fellow of
He established his own research group the Royal Society.
in 1995 and obtained a personal chair in He has been the recipient of number
neuroscience in the University’s School of prestigious awards, including the
of Biology in 2005. He moved to the King Faisal Prize for Medicine (the
Clinical (Medical) School in 2014, as eastern world’s Nobel Prize) becoming
Professor of Stem Cell Medicine at only the second veterinary graduate to
the Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem win this prize.
Cell Institute. He left the University

Professor Herrtage He has received a number of awards
graduated from the University of from the BSAVA, including the Bourgelat
Liverpool and is now Professor Award for outstanding international
Emeritus of Small Animal Medicine contributions to the fields of small animal
at the University of Cambridge practice or science. He has also received
and a Life Fellow of St Edmund’s the World Small Animal Veterinary
College, Cambridge. Association International Award for
Scientific Achievement for outstanding
He was a former Dean of the Cambridge contributions by a veterinarian. He has
Veterinary School and was in charge also received the BVA’s Dalrymple-
of the Small Animal Medicine and Champneys Cup and Medal, for
Diagnostic Imaging services at the outstanding services to the advancement
Queen’s Veterinary School Hospital. of veterinary medicine and science, and
His clinical interests span all aspects of the Queen’s Medal from the RCVS –
small animal medicine and diagnostic which is the highest honour the RCVS
imaging, but he has a particular interest can bestow on an individual vet.
in endocrine and metabolic disorders.

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