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BVA award winners
BVA awards recognise the exceptional commitment, work and achievements of vets from across the profession. Find out our list of winners below.
- 2023 Dr Richard (Dick) Sibley BVSc HonFRCVS
- 2022 Professor Timothy Greet BVMS MVM CertEO DESTS DipECVS FRCVS
- 2021 Professor Mike Herrtage MA BVSc DVSc DVR DVD DSAM FRCVS DECVIM DECVDI
- 2020 Professor Martin Green BVSc PhD DCHP DipECBHM MRCVS
- 2019 Professor David Noakes BVetMed PhD DSc(Med) DVRep DipECAR FRCVS
- 2018 Professor Julie Fitzpatrick OBE FRSE BVMS(Hons) MSc PhD DSc DipECBHM DipECSRHM DLSHTM FIBiol FRAgS MRCVS
- 2017 Professor David B Morton CBE BVSc PhD MRCVS FSB DipECLAM(ret) DipECAWBM(AWSEL)
- 2016 Professor Stuart Reid CBE BVMS PhD DVM(Hons) FSB FRSE MRCVS
- 2015 Andrew Biggs BVSc MRCVS
- 2014 Dr Lydia Brown MBE MBA PhD CBiol FSB FRCVS
- 2013 Chris Lewis BVetMed DSHP DipECSRHM MRCVS
- 2012 Professor Michael Thrusfield BVMS MSc DTVM DipECVPH CBiol FSB MRCVS
- 2011 Vic Simpson (Deceased)
- 2010 Professor G B Edwards (Deceased)
- 2009 Professor Agnes Winter BVSc PhD DSHP DipECSRHM MRCVS FRAgS
- 2008 Professor Joe Brownlie CBE DSc BVSc PhD FRCVS FRCPath DipECVP FRASE ARAgS
- 2007 Professor A R ‘Bob’ Michell - Deceased
- 2006 Professor Stan Done DVetMed BA PhD DipECVP DipECPHM FRCPath FRCVS
- 2005 Professor Neil Gorman BVSc DVMS(hc) PhD DipACVIM FRCVS
- 2004 Professor Paul Flecknell MA VetMB PhD DipECVA DipECLAM DLAS HonFRCVS
- 2003 Roger Eddy BVetMed FRCVS
- 2002 Professor Alex Donaldson OBE MVB MA PhD ScD DVM&S(hc) HonFRCVS
- 2001 Professor Leo Jeffcott MA BVetMed PhD FRCVS DVSc VetMedDr(hc)
- 2000 Professor Ian Aitken OBE (Deceased)
- 1999 Dr T J L Alexander (Deceased)
- 1998 Roger Blowey BVSc BSc FRCVS
- 1997 Professor David Onions BVSc PhD MRCVS
- 1996 T Boundy (Deceased)
- 1995 Professor L C Vaughan (Deceased)
- 1994 Professor John Wilesmith CBE BVSc MRCVS
- 1993 Dr Peter Rossdale (Deceased)
- 1992 O Swarbrick (Deceased)
- 1991 Professor Sir James Armour (Deceased)
- 1990 Professor Ron Roberts BVMS PhD FRCPath CBiol FSB FRSE FRCVS
- 1989 M R Muirhead (Deceased)
- 1988 Professor Donald Lawson (Deceased)
- 1987 Dr W Brian Singleton (Deceased)
- 1986 Dr P D Storie-Pugh (Deceased)
- 1985 Miss W M Brancker (Deceased)
- 1984 Dr W Plowright (Deceased)
- 1983 Professor Ian Silver MA FRCVS
- 1982 Professor E Cotchin (Deceased)
- 1981 Major D H Witherington (Deceased)
- 1980 J H Parsons (Deceased)
- 1979 Professor Sir Alexander Robertson (Deceased)
- 1978 Professor A O Betts (Deceased)
- 1977 Colin Gould (Deceased)
- 1976 Professor J O L King (Deceased)
- 1975 L E A Rowson (Deceased)
- 1974 Sir William Henderson (Deceased)
- 1973 Professor Peter Biggs CBE (Deceased)
- 1972 Professor A Steele-Bodger (Deceased)
- 1971 Dr J T Stamp (Deceased)
- 1970 J B White (Deceased)
- 1969 Sir William Weipers (Deceased)
- 1968 Dr H Williams Smith (Deceased)
- 1967 A G Beynon (Deceased)
- 1966 S L Hignett (Deceased)
- 1965 Dr R F Gordon (Deceased)
- 1964 Dr J R M Innes (Deceased)
- 1963 Dr W R Kerr (Deceased)
- 1962 Dr I A Galloway (Deceased)
- 1961 Miss J O Joshua (Deceased)
- 1960 Dr A W Stableforth (Deceased)
- 1959 Professor A T Phillipson (Deceased)
- 1958 Dr W R Woolridge (Deceased)
- 1957 Professor H G Lamont (Deceased)
- 1956 R H Smythe (Deceased)
- 1955 H Thornton (Deceased)
- 1954 G C Knight (Deceased)
- 1953 G N Gould (Deceased)
- 1952 Dr R E Glover (Deceased)
- 1951 Professor R Lovell (Deceased)
- 1950 E Brayley Reynolds (Deceased)
- 1949 H E Hornby (Deceased)
- 1948 F Blakemore (Deceased)
- 1947 E L Taylor (Deceased)
- 1946 H W Steele-Bodger (Deceased)
- 1945 A D McEwen (Deceased)
- 1944 L E W Bevan (Deceased)
- 1943 W A Pool (Deceased)
- 1942 T M Doyle (Deceased)
- 1941 R Daubney (Deceased)
- 1940 Dr J T Edwards (Deceased)
- 1938 Dr F C Minett (Deceased)
- 1937 F T Harvey (Deceased)
- 1936 Major C W Dunkin (Deceased)
- 1935 Sir Thomas Dalling (Deceased)
- 1934 Professor J G Wright (Deceased)
- 2023 Dr Jane Ladlow MA VetMB DipECVS CertSAS CertVR MRCVS
- 2022 Dr David McKeown BVMS CertSHP MRCVS
- 2021 Ed Varley BVetMed MSc CertWEL MRCVS
- 2020 Dr Rosie Allister BSc(Hons) BVSc MSc PhD MRCVS
- 2019 Professor S Abdul Rahman BVSc MVSc PhD(Australia) FRVCS(Spain)
- 2018 Dr Anthony Andrews BVetMed PhD DipECBHM DipECSRHM FBIAC MRCVS
- 2017 Ruth Layton BVetMed MSc DWEL MRCVS
- 2016 Professor Sarah Cleaveland OBE BSc BA VetMB PhD MRCVS FRSE FRS
- 2015 Not awarded
- 2014 Professor Julie Fitzpatrick OBE BVMS(Hons) MSc PhD DSc DipECBHM DipECSRHM DLSHTM FRAgS FRSE MRCVS
- 2013 David Bartram (deceased)
- 2012 Professor A R (Bob) Michell (deceased)
- 2011 Professor John E Cooper DTVM FRCPath FSB CIBiol FRCVS DipECVP
- 2010 Christine Magrath BVMS HonFRCVS
- 2009 Ray Butcher (deceased)
- 2008 Professor Tim Greet BVMS MVM Cert EO DESTS Dip ECVS FRCVS
- 2007 Peter C Jinman OBE BVetMed DipArb MRCVS FCIArb
- 2006 Professor William J Reilly BVMS BSc DVSM FFPHM DipECVPH HonFRCVS
- 2005 Mary Brancker CBE (deceased)
- 2004 Desmond J Thompson OBE TCD MVB BA MRCVS
- 2000 Professor John Wilesmith CBE BVSc MRCVS
- 1999 Professor Peter Biggs CBE (deceased)
- 1998 Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior (deceased)
- 1997 Professor Sir James Armour CBE (deceased)
- 1996 Francis Anthony BVMS MRCVS
- 1993 Dr Hans Bendixen (deceased)
- 1992 Alf Wight (James Herriot) (deceased)
- 2023 Dr Luke Gamble
- 2022 Not awarded (Covid)
- 2021 Not awarded (Covid)
- 2020 Not awarded (Covid)
- 2019 Not awarded
- 2018 Not awarded
- 2017 Dr Karen Reed
- 2016 Heather Bacon
- 2015 Bryony Jones
- 2014 Dr Delia Grace
- 2013 Roland Minor
- 2012 Professor Brian Perry
- 2011 Tim Leyland
- 2010 Chris Daborn
- 2009 Dr Andy Catley
- 2008 Dr Sarah Cleaveland
- 2007 Professor John E Cooper
- 2006 Jack Reece