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Pierre-Yves Mulon Receives the B. Ray Thompson Sr. Outstanding Faculty Performance Award
Pierre-Yves Mulon, associate professor of farm animal medicine and surgery in the College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, is the recipient of the B. Ray Thompson Sr. Outstanding Faculty Performance Award. This award is made possible by earnings from the Thompson Faculty Endowment and is presented annually to faculty in the institute who have distinguished themselves by their exceptional performance. This award rotates among the four divisions within the Institute of Agriculture.
“I am honored and sincerely thrilled to be selected by UTIA as the 2025 awardee of the B. Ray Thompson, Sr. Outstanding Faculty Performance Award,” Mulon said. “I am also humbled by this recognition and would like to highlight the incredibly strong and constant support of my UTCVM colleagues and love from my family, without whom nothing could be possible.”
Mulon came to UTCVM in 2016. His clinical focus is in orthopedic surgery, locomotor diseases and minimally invasive surgeries such as laparoscopy and theloscopy. His teaching interests include bovine musculoskeletal diseases, GI related surgical treatment and general principles of surgery. Mulon has taught seminars locally, nationally and internationally on all aspects of farm animal surgery.
He has twice been named Large Animal Clinician of the Year at UTCVM and won the Sandra G. Powell endowed Distinguished Faculty Award for Livestock Wellness, and he has served as a commencement speaker and marshal. This year, he was invited to give the last lecture at the 2025 UTCVM Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association conference.
Mulon earned his master’s equivalent degree in Large Animal Medicine and Surgery (DES) from the University of Montreal in Canada and his DVM from
the National Veterinary School of Alfort in France. He completed
his residency program in large animal surgery at the University of Montreal and is recognized as a diplomate of the American College
of Veterinary Surgeons.
Bryce Burton Receives J. E. Moss Achievement Award for UT College of Veterinary Medicine
Bryce Burton, a clinical veterinarian with the College of Veterinary Medicine Office of Lab Animal Care, is one of four recipients of the J.E. Moss Achievement Award. Established in memory of J.E. and Ann Moss, this award recognizes excellent achievement in teaching, research, and Extension for UTIA. Awards are provided each year for each of the four units of the institute. They are selected by a committee including the UTIA senior vice president and senior vice chancellor and the deans of the institute’s four units: the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Herbert College of Agriculture, UT AgResearch and UT Extension. John Buchanan, professor in the Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science; Walt Hitch, director of the UT Plateau AgResearch and Education Center in Crossville; and Sreedhar Upendram, associate professor and UT Extension specialist with the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, also received this award.
Burton has been with UITA for seven years and is proud to uphold the highest standards for animal care for research and teaching protocols at UT Knoxville.
Of the recognition, Burton says, “I am incredibly humbled and delighted to be recognized amongst these other highly qualified individuals and leaders. I am thankful for my team mates who make what I do enjoyable and successful. I would not be where I am today without the support of my incredible family and husband, and I look forward to all the new adventures that still await me here at UT.”
Of the recognition, Burton says, “I am incredibly humbled and delighted to be recognized amongst these other highly qualified individuals and leaders. I am thankful for my team mates who make what I do enjoyable and successful. I would not be where I am today without the support of my incredible family and husband, and I look forward to all the new adventures that still await me here at UT.”
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