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Helen Scott-Orr


Helen Scott-Orr is an Australian veterinarian and epidemiologist. She is a former Chief Veterinary Officer of New South Wales and Executive Director within the NSW Department of Primary Industries. She retired in 2009.

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Helen Scott-Orr has had a Government career spanning 40 years. She is well known for her contribution to rabies control in Indonesia, and her efforts to increase preparedness in case of a rabies incursion into Northern Australia. She is the recipient of an Australian Government Public Service Medal (PSM).

Education

Helen completed a Bachelor of Veterinary Science (with honours) at the University of Sydney. She then completed a Diploma in Bacteriology, Microbiology and Immunology through the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She was admitted as a member of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Epidemiology in 1988. She became a fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors in 2005.

Affiliations

  • Coordinator, Crawford Fund NSW Committee
  • Board Director, Animal Health Australia
  • Honorary Association Professor, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney
  • Board Director, Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre

    • Former associations

  • Project leader, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, NSW Department of Primary Industries http://aciar.gov.au/project/ah/2006/166
  • Trustee, Organic Research and Education Trust
  • NSW Agriculture, Department of Primary Industries
  • Board member, Cotton Catchment Communities CRC board
  • Board Director, Cattle and Beef Quality Cooperative Research Centre
  • Board Director, Australian Sheep Industry Cooperative Research Centre
  • Former board member, Sustainable Rice Production Cooperative Research Centre

    • Awards

    She received a Public Service Medal at the 2010 Australia Day Awards for Outstanding Public Service to Agricultural and Veterinary Science.

    Personal life

    Helen Scott-Orr lives in Millthorpe, New South Wales.

    References

    Helen Scott-Orr Wikipedia
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