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Murdoch University Veterinary Trust

B.J. Lawrence Award

The BJ Lawrence Veterinarian in Residence scholar spends a minimum of three months in the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences working on a project of particular interest, preparing for specialist examinations, or developing skills in a chosen area of veterinary science.

A stipend of AUD $8000 is available. Applications close in late February each year.

Interested parties may send applications earlier, if they wish, including a curriculum vitae, relevant experience, qualifications, the names and addresses of referees (two minimum), and a 1000 word outline of their proposal.

Applications should reach:

The Director,
Continuing Veterinary Education
Murdoch University
Murdoch WA 6150

Recipients and Examples of past projects include:

Year

Recipient

Project Title

2004 Dr Karon Eastley Health status of Western Ringtail Possums in the south west of Western Australia.
2003 Not Awarded  
2001 / 02 Dr Andrew King Temporary Internship in Small Animal Medicine
2000 Mr. Mark Senior Comparison of Undergraduate Veterinary Anaesthesia Instruction between two Universities
and Dr Elizabeth-Jo Vickridge Attendance at VTH to accrue hours for American Board specialization.
1999
Dr Alexandra Petrie Enhancement of information provision to veterinary practitioners in Western Australia.
1998 Dr Peter Rosher Dairy Cattle Production Medicine, developing and implementing whole farm veterinary input programmes.
1997 Dr Dianne Evans Evaluation of strategies for the pet shop industry to participate in developing animal welfare standards.
1996 Dr Margot Hough The importance of IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-a in Normal Skin and Healing Wounds in Horses.
1995 Dr Bill Bradley Non-invasive and minimally invasive diagnostic techniques in the small animal abdomen.
1994 Dr Todd Booth Retrospective study on superficial digital flexor tendonitis in the horse.
1993 Dr Elizabeth Frank Study of myofascial pain in dogs.
1992 Not Awarded  
1991 Dr Deborah Seward Update in clinical pathology techniques.
1990 Dr Bruce MacKay Small animal medicine study for Fellowship examinations.
1989 Dr Ken Jacobs Wound healing in horses.
1988 Dr Julie Ramsay Small animal surgery - spinal column injuries and diseases.
1987 Dr John Brighton Herd Health – Dairy Micro-computing.