2010 Penn Vet World Award

Nominations now open The Penn Vet World Leadership in Animal Health Award of $100,000 will be given to a veterinarian who has dramatically advanced the frontiers of knowledge, practice and/or image of veterinary medicine and substantially influenced the lives and careers of others. The winner may have contributed to any aspect of veterinary medicine from any part of the world. All nominees will be reviewed based on their vision, life-time achievements, and future potential. Past World Award winners include Bernard Vallet, director general for the Organization of World Animal Health and Dr. Frederick A. Murphy, the James W. McLaughlin Professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. The Awards were established in 2007 by a major gift from the Hill Family Foundation to identify and encourage visionary thinking, life-changing accomplishment, and ambition in the profession. This is the world's most generous awards in veterinary medicine. Nomination deadline: February 1, 2010.

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