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趣夜app Animal Health and Welfare Overseas Award (J. Trevor Blackburn Award)
Recognises a veterinary professional who has worked to improve animal health and welfare overseas.
They have contributed to sustainable development and made a meaningful impact on animal health and welfare in low and middle income countries.听听
Entry criteria:听
- Work overseas听 听
Evidence of work overseas, preferably in low and middle income countries. Nominations should include a list of countries worked in.听听
- Positive impact 听
Significant contributions overseas in areas such as animal health, animal welfare, public health, environmental needs and/or communities. Work should contribute to sustainable initiatives based on contextual solutions that are locally driven.听
- Strengthened in-country systems听
Evidence of working with the expertise of local veterinary professionals and of strengthening and supporting demand for in-country veterinary systems, eg by developing locally led initiatives and local capacity of veterinary professionals or paraprofessionals.听
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Please note that this award is open听to MRCVS only.
How听will this award be judged?听
Judges will score nominations based on the entry criteria. It is not necessary to evidence all criteria, however this will enable a higher score at judging. Please give as much detail as possible.听听
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2026 nominations now closed.听
趣夜app Animal Health and Welfare Overseas Award (J. Trevor Blackburn Award) 2026
Romain Pizzi BVSc MSc PhD听DZooMed听DipECZM听MANZCVS FRES FRSB FRGS FRCVS听
Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland听
Dr听Romain Pizzi, past听President of 趣夜app鈥檚 Scottish Branch听has been named the winner in recognition of his work overseas with local veterinary and animal care teams, for a range of wild and endangered species. A Royal听College of听Veterinary听Surgeons (RCVS)听recognised specialist in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine and听European听recognised听specialist in Zoological Medicine (Zoo Health Management), Romain is known听for performing and publishing听a number of听global firsts for wildlife medicine.听Romain has delivered real-world impact听on animal welfare through direct engagement with new and novel surgical techniques. An unwaveringly strong representative听of the UK veterinary sector overseas, Romain not only continues to pioneer new techniques but actively engages in the听teaching of such techniques and skills through engagement with the听local听veterinary communities, delivering meaningful benefits for听wildlife health and welfare overseas.听