Dr Rosie Allister has received the British Veterinary Association Chiron Award and the RCVS Impact Award for work on veterinary mental health. Rosie manages Vetlife Helpline, a 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community. Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary mental health, wellbeing in transitions, and veterinary suicide prevention. She has written and spoken extensively about veterinary mental health in the UK and internationally. She has volunteered with Samaritans for 18 years and advises a number of national organisations on suicide prevention and self-harm.