Vet Ed 2017 Liverpool
Keynote Speaker - Sandy Trees
17/03/17 08:14
Professor the Lord Sandy Trees
BVM&S PhD MRCVS
Professor the Lord Trees graduated as a veterinary surgeon in 1969 from Edinburgh University. Following a year in mixed general practice, he completed a PhD on bovine babesiosis, and then worked in the pharmaceutical industry.
In 1980 Lord Trees was appointed Lecturer in Veterinary Parasitology at the University of Liverpool, was appointed Professor of Veterinary Parasitology in 1994 and went on to become Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science from 2001-2008. His research has been funded by over £15m of external grants and produced over 170 scientific papers. He retired from the University of Liverpool in 2011.
He was a council member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) from 2000-2015 and president of the RCVS in 2009-2010. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Moredun Research Institute and Veterinary Editor in Chief of the Veterinary Record and In Practice.
In 2012 Lord Trees was appointed to the Crossbenches through the Appointments Commission and is only the second veterinary surgeon to be appointed to the House of Lords.