Alexander Trees, Baron Trees
Alexander " Sandy" John Trees, Trees Baron, of The Ross in Perth and Kinross MRCVS ( born June 12, 1946) is a British vet who was in 2012 a member of the House of Lords, where the group of non-party peers, the so-called Crossbenchers, heard.
Life
Study and careers in higher education and the private sector
After schooling Trees holds a degree in veterinary medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1969 to 1970 and took on a research trip to Kenya part of the University. After completing his studies he worked first as an assistant then in a general veterinary practice in Derby, before 1971 research assistant at the Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine ( Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, CVTM ) of the University of Edinburgh. As such, he took 1974-1976 as a member of a joint project with the National Institute of Veterinary Research of Nigeria part.
After his return to Europe Trees moved in 1977 to the private sector, and until 1980 worked for the pharmaceutical company Elanco Products Co. in Rome, initially as a consultant for Veterinary Medicine for the Middle East. Subsequently, he was from 1979 to 1980 veterinary consultant for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa, before he even acted as Head of Animal Science in the Middle East and Africa for some time last 1980.
Professor and Dean at the University of Liverpool
In 1980 he went to the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, where he was appointed lecturer at the Department of Veterinary Parasitology. After 1983 his employment was extended, he also worked from 1984 to 1988 for the Medical Research Council ( MRC) as a visiting scientist in a laboratory in Bo, Sierra Leone. Later, he was from 1991 to 2001 a member of the editorial board of the journal Research in Veterinary Science as well as between 1992 and 2001 Head of Department of Veterinary Parasitology. At the same time since 1992, the editorial board of the journal Trends in Parasitology is he who has emerged from the journal Parasitology Today.
In 1994, a professor of veterinary parasitology Trees at the University of Liverpool and held this teaching ever since from. In addition, he was between 1994 and 1997 Head of the parasite and vector biology of the School of Tropical Medicine in Liverpool (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine ) and was between 1995 and 2004 also members of the Advisory Board of this school as a member. At the same time he belonged from 1998 to 2003, the advocacy group for Veterinary Medicine at the Wellcome Trust as a member.
In addition, he served between 2001 and 2008 as Dean of the Faculty of Veterinary Science of the University of Liverpool.
Offices in scientific and professional organizations
In addition to his teaching and research activities, Trees involved in numerous organizations and institutions and is a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ( RCVS ), among others, since 1969.
He is since 1980 a member of the Association of Veterinary faculty and research staff ( Association of Veterinary Teachers and Research Workers ( AVTRW ) ), and was their advice to between 1995 and 2001. He was also the first Vice President from 1995 to 1996 and then to 1997, President of the AVTRW. In addition, he is also a member of the British Society for Parasitology and the British Veterinary Association (BVA ), in which he was the Veterinary Policy Group between 1997 and 2001 Chairman of the Education Group and a member since 1980. Furthermore, he is since 1986 member of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ( Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, RSTMH ) and was between 1997 and 2000 on their advisory boards and their committees for medals and awards to.
Trees, which is since 2000 member of the Advisory Board and the Education Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, was between 2008 and 2009, first vice-president and then from 2009 to 2010 President of the RCVS.
Awards and upper house member
For his achievements in veterinary medicine Trees has also won multiple awards and received, among other things, 1971 Birrel -Grey Fellowship from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and a grant from the Commonwealth Foundation. In 2009 he was with the Wooldridge - editor of the British Veterinary Association and was awarded both the Medal of that society.
On July 3, 2012, he was raised by a Letters Patent as a life peer with the title Baron Trees, of The Ross in Perth and Kinross to the peerage. As such, he receives expected July 12, 2012 his Introduction ( Introduction) as a member of the House of Lords. There he is in a group of non-party peers, the so-called Cross Bencher belong.