Golden contribution

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A veterinarian and mentor recognised for his outstanding contributions to the profession has been recognised with UQ Gatton’s highest honour.

Dr Kerry Dowsett received the prestigious UQ Gatton Gold Medal and addressed graduates at the December 5 ceremony at the campus gymnasium.

Dr Kerry Dowsett (centre) with Sir Llew Edwards and Professor Paul Greenfield

The UQ Gatton Gold Medal is awarded each year to a past student who has made an outstanding contribution in their field.

“To be recognised in such a way by the place where my career began is a very special and great honour that I will treasure for the remainder of my life,” Dr Dowsett said.

After graduating from the Queensland Agricultural College (which became the UQ Gatton Campus) with a Diploma in Animal Husbandry in 1963, Dr Dowsett went on to complete his Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1970 and PhD in 1983 at UQ.

Before joining UQ as a lecturer in veterinary medicine in 1975, he worked as a husbandry officer within the Beef Cattle Husbandry Branch of the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.

He is deeply committed to the training of the next generation of Queensland veterinarians, particularly in the area of equine medicine, continuing to teach and train students long into his retirement from UQ in 1997.

Dr Dowsett is highly regarded in the industry and was called upon by the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries in 2007 to work with the Equine Influenza Veterinary Investigations Section during an EI eradication program.

He has Honorary Life Membership and a Special Award from The University of Queensland Veterinary Student Association, and in 1999 won the Peter Irwin Literary Award from the Australian Equine Veterinary Association.

By Erin Pearl

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