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PROFESSOR David Hampson was recently made a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

Professor Hampson's Diploma of Fellowship was awarded in recognition of his "Meritorious Contributions to Learning on the subject Veterinary Microbiology and Disease".

Previously he has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (2002), a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (1998), and a Fellow of the Australian Society for Microbiology (1993).

Professor Hampson has worked at Murdoch University since 1986 specialising in bacterial diseases in animals, especially pigs and poultry.

His research and publishing, especially on the group of bacteria known as intestinal spirochaetes, is widely regarded.

He has been instrumental in drawing together the contemporary body of knowledge on these bacteria, which cause diarrhoea and other complaints in pigs, poultry and even humans.

Professor Hampson commenced his veterinary career at the Royal Veterinary College in England in 1974.

After graduating in 1979 he received his doctorate at the University of Bristol in 1984.

He was awarded his DSc (Doctor of Science) from the University of London in 1998.

Other awards include the Ian Clunies Ross Memorial Award (1994) from the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists, the Frank Fenner Research Award (1996) from the Australian Society for Microbiology, and the G Norman Hall Gold Medal (1999) from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in recognition of outstanding research on animal disease.

Professor Andrew Thompson has been appointed as a member of the Zoological Parks Authority Board and the Chair of the Zoo's Research Committee.

He has also been selected to receive a Killam Visiting Scholar Appointment in the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada from April to July this year.

Dr Frank Harman from the School of Business is one of two WA recipients for the prestigious award of the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) National Fellow.

The IPAA Fellow is the highest national award bestowed in recognition of an individual’s outstanding contribution to the study or practice of public administration as well as to IPAA.

Dr Frank Harman has served in many different roles at the interface between government and academia and enriched both. He has contributed to a better understanding of many public policy issues, and in particular to the shaping of energy and natural resources policy in Western Australia.

Through his work as a member of the Western Australian Commission on Government and other public sector roles, Dr Harman has made major contributions to public sector reform.

He has been an active member and strong supporter of the Institute of Public Administration Australia over a long period, and has helped to strengthen its profile and credibility.

Dr Harman was presented with his award by IPAA’s National President, Sue Vardon, Chief Executive Officer, Centrelink, in February.