4th July 2025
Movement Referrals Director, Professor John Innes, has received the 2025 Impact Award from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
Professor Innes was nominated for his role, over the past 20 years, in developing, validating and promoting the use of client-reported outcomes measures in canine orthopaedics and chronic musculoskeletal pain. His method – ‘Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs’ – is now widely used internationally by researchers and practitioners.
His nominator was Duncan Lascelles, Professor in Small Animal Surgery and Pain Management at North Carolina State University. He said: “John is a gifted clinician and clinical scientist. His clinical research, particularly around the development and understanding of client reported outcome measures has been highly innovative and performed to an extremely high quality.
“His work has led and inspired the important field of owner-based assessment of disease progression and monitoring efficacy. He has had very significant impact in the veterinary scientific community.
“Critically, what really makes John’s work stand apart is his additional focus on dissemination of this research and integration of tools into daily practice in a practical manner.”
