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'''Quintin McKellar''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|FRSE|FRSB|FRCVS}} is a British ] 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 ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=New Year Honours 2011|journal=Veterinary Record|date=7 January 2011|volume=168|issue=1|page=4|doi=10.1136/vr.d8|pmid=21257523|s2cid=41682042}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-year-honours-higher-educations-standouts/414723.article |title=New Year Honours: higher education's standouts |work= Times Higher Education |access-date= 5 October 2015|date=31 December 2010 }}</ref> Since January 2011 he has been vice-chancellor of the ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=RVC principal to move on|journal=Veterinary Record|date=12 June 2010|volume=166|issue=24|pages=733|doi=10.1136/vr.c3067|s2cid=219223660}}</ref>
'''Quintin McKellar''' ] is the current Vice-Chancellor of ] since January 2011<ref>{{cite web|title=Vice-Chancellor|url=http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/corporate-governance/our-structure/key-people/vice-chancellor|website=http://www.herts.ac.uk/|publisher=University of Hertfordshire|accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>. McKellar was previously the Principal of The ] (RVC) of the ], a position which he held for six years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Professor Quintin McKellar|url=http://www.thersa.org/events/speakers-archive/m/professor-quintin-mckellar|website=http://www.thersa.org/|publisher=RSA|accessdate=28 September 2014}}</ref> His research interests are in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals.


==Early Years and Education== ==Early life and education==
McKellar grew up in ], Scotland, and graduated from the ] in 1981.<ref name="Bonner 2008"/> Upon graduating, he remained at Glasgow so that he could continue to train there as a member of the university's rowing club,<ref name="Bonner 2008">{{cite news|last1=Bonner|first1=John|title=Facing up to the challenges|url=https://www.vetsurgeon.org/veterinary-practice/2008/vp_may_08.pdf|access-date=2018-03-03|work=Veterinary Practice|date=May 2008}}</ref> and he gained a PhD in ] in 1984.<ref name=Conversation>{{cite web|title=Quintin McKellar|url=https://theconversation.com/profiles/quintin-mckellar-130195|website=The Conversation|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>
Having graduated from ] in 1981, McKellar went on to gain his PhD in Veterinary Parasitology in 1984 and was appointed to a lectureship at the Veterinary School in the same year.


McKellar represented Scotland as a ] at the ],<ref name="Cunnane 2010" /> finishing fifth in two events, the ] and the ].<ref name=Dudley>{{cite web|last1=Dudley|first1=Joel|title=How love of rowing steered career of leading academic|url=https://www.vettimes.co.uk/app/uploads/wp-post-to-pdf-enhanced-cache/1/how-love-of-rowing-steered-career-of-leading-academic.pdf|website=Vet Times|access-date=2018-03-03|date=23 May 2011}}</ref>
He became Head of the Veterinary Pharmacology Department in 1990 and was awarded a personal professorship by the University of Glasgow in 1996. In August 1997 McKellar took up the post of Scientific Director ] and Chief Executive of the Moredun Foundation.


==Career==
He became a ] (DVM) with Honours in 2002 and was elected Fellow of the ] in 2001, Fellow of the ] in 2002 and Fellow of the ] in 2003.
After obtaining his PhD in the study of '']'', a parasite of cattle, McKellar remained at Glagow University in the department of pharmacology, researching ]s, and became head of the department in 1988.<ref name="Bonner 2008" /> In 1996, Glasgow awarded McKellar a personal professorship.<ref name="Scotsman 2003">{{cite news|title=Dolly the sheep foundation chief steps down|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/dolly-the-sheep-foundation-chief-steps-down-1-876447|access-date=2018-03-03|date=22 April 2003|language=en}}</ref> McKellar remained Professor of Veterinary Parasitology at Glasgow until 1997, when he became Scientific Director and Chief Executive of the ], a post which he held until the end of 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=McKellar to leave Moredun institute|url=https://www.scotsman.com/business/mckellar-to-leave-moredun-institute-1-644059|access-date=2018-03-03|date=18 April 2003|language=en}}</ref> From 2004 until the end of 2010, he was principal of the ] of the ].<ref>{{cite journal|title=RVC appoints its next principal|journal=Veterinary Record|date=19 November 2010|volume=167|issue=21|page=803|doi=10.1136/vr.c6531|pmid=21262624|s2cid=46027179}}</ref> In January 2011, McKellar became vice-chancellor of the ], succeeding Tim Wilson.<ref name="Cunnane 2010">{{cite web|last1=Cunnane|first1=Sarah|title=Hertfordshire appoints new vice-chancellor|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/hertfordshire-appoints-new-vice-chancellor/411893.article|website=Times Higher Education|access-date=2018-03-03|date=2 June 2010}}</ref>


In 2015 he was elected as a board member of ]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/aboutus/OurOrganisation/Pages/UKBoard.aspx |title=Universities UK UK Board |publisher=Universities UK |access-date=5 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716015925/http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/aboutus/OurOrganisation/Pages/UKBoard.aspx |archive-date=16 July 2015 }}</ref> and is chair of the University Vocational Awards Council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.uvac.ac.uk/about/our-team/|title=Our Team {{!}} University Vocational Awards Council|website=www.uvac.ac.uk|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref>
In 2004, McKellar was appointed Principal of The Royal Veterinary College of ], the first and largest institution of its kind in the UK which was identified as the top English veterinary school in the 2008 ].


He is chair of the board of trustees of the ],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pirbright.ac.uk/about-us/our-governance|title=Our governance {{!}} The Pirbright Institute|website=www.pirbright.ac.uk|date=22 July 2014|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> and co-chair of the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB) Food Economy Task Force.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncub.co.uk/what-we-do/task-forces/food-economy.html|title=Food Economy Task Force|website=NCUB|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> a member of the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshirelep.com/about-us/board-member-quintin-mckellar.aspx|title=Quintin McKellar|publisher=hertfordshirelep.com|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> and chair of the Hatfield Renewal Project Board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hertfordshirelep.com/news/develop-blueprint-for-hatfield-regen.aspx|title=New team to develop blueprint for Hatfield's regeneration|publisher=hertfordshirelep.com|access-date=25 October 2016}}</ref> and was a member of the Government Chief Scientist Steering Group on Animal and Plant Health in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|title=Animal and Plant Health in the UK: Building our science capability|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388571/14-1293-animal-plant-health-capability.pdf|publisher=Government Office for Science. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>
He is a member of the Department for the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Science Advisory Council, Chair of the Biological and Biotechnological Research Council Animal Research Club and a member of the Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership.


===Fellowships===
McKellar was made a ] (CBE) in 2011 for services to science. He was a distinguished researcher with interests in the pharmacology of anti-infective and anti-inflammatory drugs in domestic animals.
* 2001 Fellowship of the Institute of Biology<ref name=Conversation/>
* 2002 Fellowship of the Royal Agricultural Societies<ref name=Conversation/>
* 2003 Fellowship of the ]<ref name="Scotsman 2003" />
* 2009 Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
* 2016 Fellowship of the ]

===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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.agra-net.com/agra/animal-pharm/people/people---royal-agricultural-society-of-england-rase-s-bledisloe-veterinary-award-for-2000--1.htm|title=Animal Pharm|date=12 March 2013}}</ref>
* Saltire Society Scottish Science Award 2001<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://w.saltiresociety.org.uk/ssatext.htm|title=Scottish Science Award|last=Edinburgh|first=Web site design by GoToPCs|website=w.saltiresociety.org.uk|access-date=2 November 2016}}</ref>
* 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, ], Stratford, 2002.
* The Future of Animal Welfare. ], Glasgow 2003.
* How can milk cost less than water? ] Annual President's Lecture, London 2009.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Gazette|journal=Veterinary Record|date=16 May 2009|volume=164|issue=20|page=636|doi=10.1136/vr.164.20.636-a|s2cid=219239266}}</ref>

== Notable publications ==
* {{cite journal|last1=McKellar|first1=Quintin A.|last2=Lees|first2=Peter|last3=Gettinby|first3=George|title=Pharmacodynamics of tolfenamic acid in dogs. Evaluation of dose response relationships|journal=]|date=3 March 1994|volume=253|issue=3|pages=191–200|doi=10.1016/0014-2999(94)90191-0|pmid=8200415}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Benchaoui|first1=HA|last2=McKellar|first2=QA|title=Interaction between fenbendazole and piperonyl butoxide: pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic implications.|journal=]|date=July 1996|volume=48|issue=7|pages=753–9|doi=10.1111/j.2042-7158.1996.tb03965.x|pmid=8866343|s2cid=22599099|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|last1=McKellar|first1=Quintin|last2=Gibson|first2=Ian|last3=Monteiro|first3=Ana|last4=Bregante|first4=Miguel|title=Pharmacokinetics of enrofloxacin and danofloxacin in plasma, inflammatory exudate, and bronchial secretions of calves following subcutaneous administration|journal=]|date=August 1999|volume=43|issue=8|pages=1988–1992|pmid=10428924|pmc=89402|doi=10.1128/AAC.43.8.1988}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Cheng|first1=Zhangrui|last2=Nolan|first2=Andrea|last3=McKellar|first3=Quintin A.|title=Anti-inflammatory effects of carprofen, carprofen enantiomers, and N<sup>G</sup>-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester in sheep|journal=American Journal of Veterinary Research|date=June 2002|volume=63|issue=6|pages=782–8|doi=10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.782|pmid=12061520|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|last1=McKellar|first1=QA|last2=Gokbulut|first2=C|last3=Muzandu|first3=K|last4=Benchaoui|first4=H|title=Fenbendazole pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and potentiation in horses|journal=]|date=November 2002|volume=30|issue=11|pages=1230–1239|doi=10.1124/dmd.30.11.1230|pmid=12386129|s2cid=6310030 }}{{open access}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Sarasola|first1=Patxi|last2=Lees|first2=Peter|last3=AliAbadi|first3=Fariborz Shojaee|last4=McKellar|first4=Quintin A.|last5=Donachie|first5=William|last6=Marr|first6=Kate A.|last7=Sunderland|first7=Simon J. |last8=Rowan|first8=Tim G.|title=Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profiles of danofloxacin administered by two dosing regimens in calves infected with ''Mannheimia'' (''Pasteurella'') ''haemolytica''|journal=]|date=September 2002|volume=46|issue=9|pages=3013–9|doi=10.1128/AAC.46.9.3013-3019.2002|pmid=12183261|pmc=127430}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Mitchell|first1=John D.|last2=McKellar|first2=Quintin A.|last3=McKeever|first3=Declan J.|title=Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials against ''Mycoplasma mycoides mycoides'' small colony, the causative agent of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia|journal=]|date=2012|volume=7|issue=8|pages=e44158|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0044158|pmid=22952911|pmc=3428318|bibcode=2012PLoSO...744158M|doi-access=free}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Mitchell|first1=John D.|last2=McKellar|first2=Quintin A.|last3=McKeever|first3=Declan J.|title=Evaluation of antimicrobial activity against ''Mycoplasma mycoides'' subsp. ''mycoides'' Small Colony using an in vitro dynamic dilution pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic model|journal=]|date=January 2013|volume=62|issue=Pt 1|pages=56–61|doi=10.1099/jmm.0.045971-0|pmid=23002064|url=http://researchonline.rvc.ac.uk/id/eprint/7411/ }}


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Scottish veterinarian and academic

Quintin McKellar
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 January 2011
Personal details
Residence(s)Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Salary£333,000 (2021–22)

Quintin McKellar CBE FRSE FRSB FRCVS is a British veterinary surgeon 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. Since January 2011 he has been vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire.

Early life and education

McKellar grew up in Renfrewshire, Scotland, and graduated from the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine 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 rower at the 1986 Commonwealth Games, finishing fifth in two events, the eight and the coxless four.

Career

After obtaining his PhD in the study of Ostertagia ostertagi, a parasite of cattle, 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 Moredun Research Institute, a post which he held until the end of 2003. From 2004 until the end of 2010, he was principal of the Royal Veterinary College of the University of London. In January 2011, McKellar became vice-chancellor of the University of Hertfordshire, succeeding Tim Wilson.

In 2015 he was elected as a board member of Universities UK and is chair of the University Vocational Awards Council.

He is chair of the board of trustees of the Pirbright Institute, 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

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

Notable publications

References

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  2. "New Year Honours 2011". Veterinary Record. 168 (1): 4. 7 January 2011. doi:10.1136/vr.d8. PMID 21257523. S2CID 41682042.
  3. "New Year Honours: higher education's standouts". Times Higher Education. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. "RVC principal to move on". Veterinary Record. 166 (24): 733. 12 June 2010. doi:10.1136/vr.c3067. S2CID 219223660.
  5. ^ Bonner, John (May 2008). "Facing up to the challenges" (PDF). Veterinary Practice. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Quintin McKellar". The Conversation. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  7. ^ Cunnane, Sarah (2 June 2010). "Hertfordshire appoints new vice-chancellor". Times Higher Education. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. Dudley, Joel (23 May 2011). "How love of rowing steered career of leading academic" (PDF). Vet Times. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Dolly the sheep foundation chief steps down". 22 April 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  10. "McKellar to leave Moredun institute". 18 April 2003. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  11. "RVC appoints its next principal". Veterinary Record. 167 (21): 803. 19 November 2010. doi:10.1136/vr.c6531. PMID 21262624. S2CID 46027179.
  12. "Universities UK UK Board". Universities UK. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  13. "Our Team | University Vocational Awards Council". www.uvac.ac.uk. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  14. "Our governance | The Pirbright Institute". www.pirbright.ac.uk. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  15. "Food Economy Task Force". NCUB. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  16. "Quintin McKellar". hertfordshirelep.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  17. "New team to develop blueprint for Hatfield's regeneration". hertfordshirelep.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  18. "Animal and Plant Health in the UK: Building our science capability" (PDF). Government Office for Science. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  19. "Animal Pharm". 12 March 2013.
  20. Edinburgh, Web site design by GoToPCs. "Scottish Science Award". w.saltiresociety.org.uk. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  21. "Gazette". Veterinary Record. 164 (20): 636. 16 May 2009. doi:10.1136/vr.164.20.636-a. S2CID 219239266.
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