Rudi Bruijn-Yard

Rudi is a final-year veterinary student at the University of Cambridge and, alongside Shreya Patel and Francesca Haldane, recipient of the inaugural Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS) Global Challenge Award. Their winning project, developed to address PPR in smallholder small ruminant systems in Uganda, received up to £100,000 in funding. The team is currently working alongside the WVS, Uganda’s Ministry for Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries (MAAIF), and Makerere University to implement the project. Alongside his studies, Rudi has taken on numerous society roles at the university including captain and presidency of the Modern Pentathlon and Fencing Clubs, presidency of the Downing Jazz Society, and presidency of the International Vet Student Association (IVSA) Cambridge and the Cambridge University Veterinary Society (CUVS). In the past year, this has included leading the successful #SaveTheVetSchool campaign alongside faculty, operating as a student spokesperson and organis