The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) has elected Renate Weller, DrMedVet, PhD, MRCVS, MScVetEd, FHEA, professor of comparative imaging and biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), in the United Kingdom, as junior vice president of the association.

Three new BEVA Council members have also been elected. The new appointments were announced at the BEVA’s Annual General Meeting, held at BEVA Congress earlier this month.

Weller has been an active member of the equine veterinary profession for over two decades, working in primary practice, clinical research, and referral practice. She has served on the BEVA Council for three years, on both the Allied Professionals Committee and the Education Committee.

Weller graduated from the University of Munich, in Germany, and went on to spend a year in the United States before returning to Germany to work in equine practice. She moved to the U.K. to become a senior clinical research scholar in large animal diagnostic imaging at the RVC. She then joined the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy in Munich, where she completed her DrVetMed thesis. Following two years in California she returned to the RVC to do a PhD. Since 2005 Weller has been employed at the RVC, dividing her time between clinical work in large animal diagnostic imaging and research in imaging, locomotor biomechanics and veterinary education