The Schofield Memorial Lecture Series

This lecture series commemorates Dr. Frank Schofield, a prominent veterinary pathologist world renowned for his work on animal disease. Schofield was a faculty member at the Ontario Veterinary College between 1922 to 1955.

Background and Education

Born in 1889 in Rugby, England, Francis William Schofield emigrated to Canada in 1907 at the age of 18. After briefly working on an Ontario farm where he grew interested in animal health, he enrolled in the Ontario Veterinary College in 1907 and received his Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1910. From there, he worked toward his PhD in Veterinary Science in a bacteriology laboratory of the Ontario Health Centre conducting research on contamination in Toronto’s milk supply. In 1913 he became a junior faculty member at the Ontario Veterinary College.

Activism

In 1916, Schofield traveled to Korea as a medical missionary for the Presbyterian Church of Canada. There, he became an activist and humanitarian, bringing attention to Japan’s occupation of Korea and Korea’s independence movement. He documented Korea’s struggle for sovereignty, raising awareness of human rights issues.

Scientific Accomplishments

Schofield has made a significant impact on the field of veterinary science in Canada. He authored more than 140 scientific papers and was internationally known for his work on animal disease. He is best known for his work on sweet clover poisoning of cattle and sheep. His research helped to control and treat this disease through vitamin K inhibitors, which are now widely used to treat blood clotting. He also discovered a new virus responsible for a large outbreak of enteritis in mink in the 1940s, and researched the role of Escherichia coli in disease in young animals. Schofield was a founding member of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. He retired from the Ontario Veterinary College in 1955 and returned to Korea in 1958 where he was a Professor of Pathology at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Seoul University. Schofield passed away in Seoul on April 16th, 1970 and was buried in the patriot’s section of Korea’s national cemetery.

Oct. 18, 2001
Dr. Carlton Gyles
Professor of Bacteriology, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph
Title: “Living with E. coli”

Oct. 17, 2002
Dr. Vivek Kapur
Director, Advanced Genetic Analysis Center, University of Minnesota
Title: “Ying, Yang, Infectious Diseases – Adventures with Genomics”

Oct. 16, 2003
Dr. John McDermott
Deputy Director, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi & Professor, Dept. Population Medicine, OVC
Title: “People and Other Animals – Strengthening a Pro-Poor Partnership”

Oct. 14, 2004
Dr. Stephen W. Barthold
Professor, Veterinary Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology and Director, Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California, Davis
Title: “The Mouse that Roared: Will Veterinary Medicine Ever Listen?”

Oct. 12, 2006
Dr. Frederick A. (Ted) Leighton
Professor, Wildlife Diseases, Toxicopathology and Executive Director, Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Title: “Veterinary Medicine for a World in Crisis”

Nov 21, 2007
Dr. Chand Khanna
Director, Comparative Oncology Program and Head, Tumor & Metastases Biology Section, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. USA
Title: “A comparative approach towards understanding of cancer metastasis biology and therapy”

Nov 19, 2008
Dr. Franziska B. Grieder
Director, Division of Comparative Medicine, National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. USA
Title: “Research and Veterinary Science: Crossing Continents and Disciplines”

Nov 18, 2009
Dr. Lonnie King
Dean, Ohio State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Title: “Wicked Problems: Novel Solutions – Veterinary Medicine in the 21st Century”

Nov. 17, 2010
Dr. Christine Zink
Director, Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Title: "Veterinary Medicine: Great Life, Global Impact"

Nov. 16, 2011
Dr. Rodney Page
Director, Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
Title: "The Continuum of Cancer Care in Veterinary Medicine”

Nov. 14, 2012
Dr. Joe Mayhew
Professor, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, New Zealand
Title: “Where? What? Why? The fun of veterinary neurology”

Nov. 13, 2013
Dr. Ian York
Team Lead, Molecular Virology and Vaccines Team, Immunology and Pathogenesis Branch, Influenza Division, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga.
Title: “Influenza at the animal-human interface”

Nov. 12, 2014
Dr. Corrie Brown
Department of Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
Title: "Lessons and lesions from around the world"

Nov. 15, 2015
Dr. Martin Sheldon
Swansea University, UK
Title: "A Trail in Discovery from Animal Disease and Infertility to Innate Immunity”

Nov. 15, 2016
Dr. Jona Mazet
UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Title: "One Health Success: Moving Toward a World Free of Pandemics"

Nov. 14, 2017
Dr. Ilaria Capua
One Health Center of Excellence, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
Title: "Fasten your seat belts: A veterinarian’s life is not necessarily what you had planned for"

Nov 19, 2018
Dr. Wayne McIlwraith
University Distinguished Professor, Colorado State University
Title: "Joint injury in arthritis: Helping horses and humans using translation of clinical and research science"

Nov. 13, 2019
Dr. Anne Croy
Professor Emerita, Queens University, Canada
Title: "Opportunities and Decisions Create Careers and Define Self"

Nov. 19, 2021
Dr. Alan Wilson
Professor, Royal Veterinary College, University of London
Title: "Trotting Horses and Hunting Cheetah: An Anatomist's Perspective on Locomotion"

Nov. 25, 2022
Dr. Baljit Singh
Vice-President Research at the University of Saskatchewan
Title: "A Serendipitous and Accidental Life"

Nov. 21, 2023
Dr. Jean-Pierre Lavoie
Professor of Equine Internal Medicine, University of Montreal
Title: “Riding the waves, from equine practice to translational research”

Nov. 20, 2024
Dr. Hélène Carabin
Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, University of Montreal
Title: "The Role of Epidemiology in the One Health Approach: Challenges and Solutions"

Nov. 19, 2025
Dr. Yasuko Rikihisa
Professor at The Ohio State University
Title: "Discoveries and Impacts of Patomac Horse Fever, also known as Equine Neorickettsiosis"

Sept. 29, 1970

Dr. D.L.T. Smith,

Dean, Western College of Veterinary Medicine

Title: “Man, Medicine, & Science”

Sept. 21, 1971

Dr. B. Singleton

14 Pont Street, London, S.W.I., England

Title: “The Veterinarian’s Role in Urban Society”

Sept. 26, 1972

Dr. Leon Saunders

Smith, Kline & French Laboratories

Title: “Some Pioneers in Comparative Pathology”

Sept. 18, 1973

Dr. I.H. Pattison

Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Nr. Newberry, Berkshire, England

Title: “A Veterinarian in Biological Research”

Oct. 29, 1974

Dr. M. Kaplan,

Director, Office of Science & Technology, World Health Organization

Title: “Challenges for Human and Veterinary Medicine in Developing Countries”

Nov. 11, 1975

Dr. J. Fraser Mustard

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University

Title: “ Science and Health”

Oct. 28, 1976

Dr. Edward J. Melby,

Dean, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine

Title: “Biomedical Concepts in Education”

Oct. 6, 1977

Dr. R.R.A. Coombs

Head, Immunology Division, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge

Title: “Immunology - A Personal View”

Oct. 5, 1978

Dr. Peter Olafson

Head, Department of Pathology, Cornell University

Title: “Forty-two Years in Veterinary Pathology”

Oct. 4, 1979

Dr. Leonard G. Goodwin

The Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, England

Title: “Scientific Research in Zoos”

Oct. 2, 1980

Dr. James G. Miller

College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, MS. 39762

Title: “The Mississippi Experience - A Reform Movement in Veterinary Medicine”

Oct. 8, 1981

Dr. Douglas C. Blood

Chair, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Melbourne

Title: “Research and the Real World”

Oct. 7, 1982

Dr. N.O. Nielsen

Former Dean, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

Title: “Comparative Medicine”

Oct. 6, 1983

Dr. Duncan G. Sinclair

Director-General of Operations, Medical Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Title: “Teaching & Research: Antipathic or Symbiotic?”

Oct. 4, 1984

Dr. Emmanuel Farber

Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry, University of Toronto

Title: “Concepts of Disease, Medical Research & the Challenges to the Schools of the Healing Professions”

Oct. 3, 1985

Dr. Calvin W. Schwabe

Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventative Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis

Title: “Bull Semen and Muscle ATP: The Dawn of Medical Science in Ancient Egypt”

Oct. 1, 1986

Dr. Kurt Benirschke

Professor of Pathology, University of California Medical Center, University of California, San Diego and Former Director, Dept. of Research, San Diego Zoo

Title: “Endangered Species - (The Urgent Need for More Biological Research in Endangered Species)”

Sept. 25, 1987

Dr. Franklin Loew

Dean, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Boston & North Grafton, Massachusetts

Title: “The Animal Welfare Bete Noire in Veterinary Medicine”

Oct. 14, 1988

Dr. Thomas MacKay Yuill

Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Training, University of Wisconsin - Madison and Acting Director, Centre for Livestock in International Development

Title: “Wildlife Diseases: So What and Who Cares?”

Oct. 25, 1989

Mr. Fred Pearce

News Editor, New Scientist, London, England

Title: “Gaia: In the Greenhouse”

Oct. 18, 1990

Dr. Cedric A. Mims

Chairperson, Division of Microbiology, Guy’s and St. Thomas Hospital Medical Schools, United Medical & Dental Schools, London, England

Title: “Homage to Viral Ingenuity”

Oct. 31, 1991

Dr. Peter Doherty

Chair, Department of Immunology, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee

Title: “Dealing with Viruses: The Nature of Viral Immunity”

Oct. 1, 1992

Dr. Steven Arnoszky

Laboratory for Comparative Orthopedics, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Michigan State University

Title: “What Veterinary Medicine is Doing for Your Knees”

Oct. 7, 1993

Dr. Bonnie Beaver

Professor and Chief of Medicine, Department of Small Animal Medicine & Surgery, Texas A & M

Title: “Garfield, Millie Bush and Officer Tom Tom: An Insider’s Perspective on Animal Behaviour”

Oct. 6, 1994

Dr. Opendra Narayan

Marion Merrell Dow Foundation Distinguished Professor and Director, Laboratory of Viral Pathogenesis, University of Kansas Medical Center

Title: “Contributions of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Models to the Understanding of AIDS and AIDS Dementia”

Oct. 19, 1995

Dr. Martin J. Fettman

1992-94 Payload Specialist, Spacelab Life Sciences (STS-58/SLS-2), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Pathology, Colorado State University

Title: “A personal Account of Life Sciences Research in Space”

Oct. 24, 1996

Dr. Stephen W. Russell

Wilkinson Distinguished Professor for Cancer Research, University of Kansas Medical Centre

Title: “Interesting Times & Their Impact on a Career in Cancer Research”

Oct. 23, 1997

Dr. Harley W. Moon

F.K. Ramsey Research Chair in Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University

Title: “Comparative Medicine II: Tracing Scientific Roots to Schofield”

Oct. 8, 1998

Dr. F.A. Murphy

Professor emeritus, Professor of Virology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA.

Title: "The Threat of New and Emerging Infectious Diseases"

Oct. 21, 1999

Dr. Ian D. Duncan

Professor, Neurology, Dept. of Medical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Title: "Novel therapies for devastating human neurologic disease: contributions from veterinary medicine"

Oct. 5, 2000

Dr. Tracey McNamara

Head, Department of Pathology, Wildlife Conservation Society, New York

Title: "The West Nile Virus Outbreak of 1999 - A Pathologist's Perspective"