Quintin McKellar is a British

veterinary surgeon Veterinary surgery is surgery performed on animals by veterinarians, whereby the procedures fall into three broad categories: orthopaedics (bones, joints, muscles), soft tissue surgery (skin, body cavities, cardiovascular system, GI/urogenital/ ...

and academic. In the 2011 New Year Honours list, he was appointed a CBE for services to science during his tenure as principal of the

Royal Veterinary College , mottoeng = Confront disease at onset , established = (became a constituent part of University of London in 1949) , endowment = £10.5 million (2021) , budget = £106.0 million (20 ...

. Since January 2011 he has been vice-chancellor of the

University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a public university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield Technical College, was founded in 1948 and was ident ...

Early life and education

McKellar grew up in

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, Scotland, and graduated from the

University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine The School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Glasgow is one of nine veterinary schools in the United Kingdom, and offers undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in Veterinary Medicine. It was established in 1862 as the independ ...

in 1981. Upon graduating, he remained at Glasgow so that he could continue to train there as a member of the university's rowing club, and he gained a PhD in veterinary parasitology in 1984. McKellar represented Scotland as a

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at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

, finishing fifth in two events, the

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and the

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Career

After obtaining his PhD in the study of ''

Ostertagia ostertagi ''Ostertagia ostertagi'', commonly known as the medium stomach worm or brown stomach worm, is a parasitic nematode (round worm) of cattle. ''O. ostertagi'' can also be found to a lesser extent in sheep, goats, wild ruminants, and horses. It cau ...

'', McKellar remained at Glagow University in the department of pharmacology, researching anthelmintics, and became head of the department in 1988. In 1996, Glasgow awarded McKellar a personal professorship. McKellar remained Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at Glasgow until 1997, when he became Scientific Director and Chief Executive of the

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, a post which he held until the end of 2003. From 2004 until the end of 2010, he was principal of the

of the

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. In January 2011, McKellar became vice-chancellor of the

, succeeding Tim Wilson. In 2015 he was elected as a board member of

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and is chair of the University Vocational Awards Council. He is chair of the board of trustees of the

Pirbright Institute The Pirbright Institute (formerly the Institute for Animal Health) is a research institute in Surrey, England, dedicated to the study of infectious diseases of farm animals. It forms part of the UK government's Biotechnology and Biological Sci ...

, and co-chair of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) Food Economy Task Force. a member of the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership, and chair of the Hatfield Renewal Project Board. and was a member of the Government Chief Scientist Steering Group on Animal and Plant Health in the UK.

Fellowships

* 2001 Fellowship of the Institute of Biology * 2002 Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural Societies * 2003 Fellowship of the

Royal Society of Edinburgh The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity that operates on a wholly independent and non-partisan basis and provides public benefit throughout Scotland. It was established i ...

* 2009 Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce * 2016 Fellowship of the

Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is the regulatory body for veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom, established in 1844 by royal charter. It is responsible for monitoring the educational, ethical and clinical standards of the v ...

Academic awards

* Pfizer Academic Award for Animal Health Research 1986 * The Wellcome Trust Medal for Veterinary Research 1993 * British Small Animal Veterinary Association Amoroso Award 1995 * Royal Agricultural Society Bledisloe Award 2000 * Saltire Society Scottish Science Award 2001 * British Veterinary Association Wooldrich Award 2002

Public lectures

* Therapy for Livestock in a Global Community, Elixir or Crutch. Saltire Society Science Award.

2001. * Pride and Prejudice. The Wooldrich Lecture,

British Veterinary Association The British Veterinary Association (BVA) is the national body for veterinary surgeons in the United Kingdom and is a not-for-profit organisation. Its purpose is that of knowledge dissemination, and not professional validation or academic compete ...

, Stratford, 2002. * The Future of Animal Welfare.

Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802 "''for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences''" in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It runs a programme of lectures, starting its 220th Series in October 2021. ...

, Glasgow 2003. * How can milk cost less than water?

Royal Society of Arts The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), also known as the Royal Society of Arts, is a London-based organisation committed to finding practical solutions to social challenges. The RSA acronym is used m ...

Annual President's Lecture, London 2009.

Notable publications

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References

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