BVA Congress 2012 - Outstanding Contribution Award For Professor Bob Michell

Bob Michell Professor A R (Bob) Michell was today (Thursday) announced as the recipient of the British Veterinary Association’s prestigious Chiron Award. The award, which marks outstanding contributions to veterinary science or for outstanding services to the profession, judged in either case as being of a calibre commanding international or inter-professional recognition, was presented to Professor Michell during the Awards Ceremony at the BVA’s Annual Congress in Liverpool today. Professor Michell currently holds a Personal Chair in Comparative Medicine from the University of London. His recent research focuses on oral rehydration, renal disease and hypertension in humans and animals. Over a long and distinguished career Bob Michell has made a truly outstanding contribution to both veterinary and human medical science. His research is recognised internationally and, as an acknowledged leader in comparative medicine in this country, he has achieved significant inter-professional acclaim and is an inspirational figure within his chosen profession. On learning that he was to receive the Chiron Award, Professor Michell commented: “I was astonished and flattered - astonished because most of my work in the last 10 years has related to human healthcare delivery and flattered because any award that has a lineage which originates with 'James Herriot', let alone the distinguished winners since, is truly humbling.”

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