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. |
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