Biographical entry Studdert, Virginia Perryman

Summary

Virginia Studdert was the first female veterinarian to be appointed chair in a veterinary school in Australia (1991). She published more than fifty papers on clinical conditions in cats and dogs.

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Events

1960

Education - Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) received from the University of California, USA

1965

Life event - Settled in Australia

1965 - 1977

Career position - Lecturer at the University of Melbourne

1977 - 1990

Career position - Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne

1990 -

Career position - Specialist in Dog and Cat Medicine at the Veterinary Board of Victoria

1991 -

Career position - Member of the Research Committee of the Australian Companion Animal Health Foundation

1991 -

Career position - Chair of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Melbourne

1991 - 2002

Career position - Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Melbourne

1997 - 2000

Career position - Member of the Environment Protection Board in Victoria

1999 -

Career position - Convenor in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Science Advisory Committee at the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Victoria

December 2001

Career position - Honorary Doctor of Veterinary Science received from the University of Melbourne, for her distinguished work for the faculty and for veterinary education in Australia

2002 -

Career position - Emeritus Professor in the Faculty of Veterinary Science at the University of Melbourne

Published resources

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Studdert, Virginia Perryman', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1473604. Details

See also

• Herd, Margaret (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 2002, 38 edn, Crown Content, Melbourne, 2001, 2020 pp. Details