{"id":10,"date":"2026-07-17T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:35:53","slug":"about-poms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"About POMS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About POMS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\">The Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (POMS) is an international mentoring network established at the <strong>Royal Veterinary College (RVC)<\/strong> by Professor Fiona Tomley CBE. It was created following her receipt of the 2023\/24 Plowright Prize, awarded by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcvsknowledge.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rcvsknowledge.org\/\">RCVS Knowledge<\/a><\/strong> in recognition of her contributions to the understanding and control of infectious diseases in poultry. The \u00a3100,000 prize provided the foundation for a mentoring network supporting future leaders in infectious disease and One Health research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">Founded on the principle that addressing complex challenges affecting animal, human and environmental health requires strong relationships across disciplines, regions and sectors, POMS is aimed at \u201cempowering researchers with an international and collaborative network through which to address One Health issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">The first POMS cohort launched in 2025, bringing together researchers from a wide range of geographical settings, with a particular focus on strengthening connections between the UK and low- and middle-income countries. It creates opportunities to exchange knowledge, build lasting collaborations and support the next generation of One Health research leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcvsknowledge.org\/awards\/the-plowright-prize\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rcvsknowledge.org\/awards\/the-plowright-prize\/\"><strong>Plowright Prize<\/strong><\/a> and read about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onehealthpoultry.org\/news\/poultry-hub-director-wins-major-animal-health-award\/\"><strong>original vision for the mentoring network<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-831b2db5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"366\" data-id=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.png\" alt=\"RVC logo\" class=\"wp-image-293\" style=\"width:202px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2.png 368w, https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"258\" data-id=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png\" alt=\"RCVS logo\" class=\"wp-image-290\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;width:280px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image.png 718w, https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-300x108.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Explore more<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/?page_id=77\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"77\">Who we are \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-5-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/?page_id=12\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"12\">What we do \u2192<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About POMS The Plowright One Health Mentoring Scheme (POMS) is an international mentoring network established at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) by Professor Fiona Tomley CBE. It was created following her receipt of the 2023\/24 Plowright Prize, awarded by RCVS Knowledge in recognition of her contributions to the understanding and control of infectious diseases in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pomsmentorship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}