Professor Vanessa Barrs (left) and Professor Julia Beatty (right)
World renowned Feline Veterinarians join JCC: Professor Vanessa Barrs and Professor Julia Beatty 賽馬會動物醫學及生命科學院 I 2020 春季
As Hong Kong’s first veterinary medicine school, the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences (JCC) strives to form a worldclass faculty by bringing together international scholars from different specializations and backgrounds. The aim is to nurture a crop of talented veterinary medicine professionals, in Hong Kong and the Asia Pacific region, that can tackle alarming public health problems such as zoonotic diseases and anti-microbial resistance. JCC is pleased to welcome two renowned feline veterinarians to its faculty this year: Professor Vanessa Barrs, who is taking up the post of Chair Professor of Companion Animal Health and Disease, and Professor Julia Beatty, joining as Chair Professor of Veterinary Medicine and Infectious Diseases. Both professors have been teaching at the University of Sydney, Australia for 15 years. The two professors have worked as a team for years and have decided to take up the positions at JCC together. They explained, “JCC plays an important role in the Asia-Pacific region, and has successfully gathered veterinarians, researchers and scientists of various nationalities, each with their own expertise and insights. It is a pleasure to be part of such a team to advance
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