Judy MacArthur Clark

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Judy MacArthur Clark
CBE FRCVS
Born
Judy MacArthur [1]
Occupation veterinary surgeon

Judy MacArthur Clark CBE FRCVS is a British veterinary surgeon, and former President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. She has held government posts in the regulation of veterinary medicine.

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Career

Clark was chairwoman of the Farm Animal Welfare Council, now the Animal Welfare Committee, from 1999. [2] [3] [4] She was appointed Chief Inspector of the Home Office unit for Animals in Science Regulations in 2007 and remained in that post until standing down in 2016. [4] [5] [6] [7] As part of that role, she led the Three Rs (animal research) programme. [5] [8] [9]

Clark was president of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons from 1992 to 1993. [9] [10]

Clark is a policy advisor for the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. [8] She is Chair of the Trustees of the Soulsby Foundation. [11] [12]

She worked on the development of legislation for the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986. [6]

Clark was the first president, in 2006, of the International Association of Colleges of Laboratory Animal Medicine. [13]

Clark was employed as Vice-President of Worldwide Comparative Medicine for Pfizer, and runs her own company, JMC Welfare International. [8] She has also worked for the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. [14]

Honours

Clark was made a CBE in the 2004 Birthday Honours. [9] [15] [16] She was made an honorary fellow of the British Pharmacological Society in 2016, "for her sustained leadership in the regulation of animal research". [17] The University of Glasgow awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2001. [18] She was made an honorary member of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 2007. [19]

Publications

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  3. ↑ "Select Committee on Animals In Scientific Procedures Minutes of Evidence". House of Commons. 5 February 2002. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons official report. H.M. Stationery Office. 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 Kelder, Regina (3 October 2018). "Between 3Rs: Improving Animal Welfare through Public Policy". Charles River Laboratories. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  6. 1 2 Animals (Scientific Procedures) Inspectorate - Annual Report 2007: Introducing the New Chief Inspector Judy MacArthur Clark (PDF). Home Office. 2008. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  7. ↑ Gibney, Elizabeth (16 July 2013). "Animal testing figures jump sharply". The Times. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 "Dr Judy MacArthur Clark CBE FRBS FRCVS". The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 3 National Academies of Sciences, E.M.; Studies, D.E.L.; Research, I.L.A.; Use, R.S.W.L.A.; Anestidou, L.; Alper, J. (2015). Design, Implementation, Monitoring, and Sharing of Performance Standards for Laboratory Animal Use: Summary of a Workshop. National Academies Press. p. 100. ISBN   978-0-309-37927-4 . Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Past-Presidents". The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  11. ↑ "New President redoubles commitment to diversity in the professions and embracing change". The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior". The Times. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Discussion Paper: Issues and options involving a future international role for the OIE in laboratory animal welfare" (PDF). OIE ad hoc Group on Laboratory Animals Welfare. 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  14. ↑ "Newsletter" (PDF). Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. 2019. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  15. ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 57315". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2004. pp. 1–26.
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  17. ↑ Annual Review 2016. British Pharmacological Society. 2016.
  18. ↑ "University announces honorary degrees to celebrate 550th anniversary". University of Glasgow. 2001. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
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