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Prof. Paul Hemsworth
(School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) – Director of the Centre: A research career studying the behaviour and welfare of farm and companion animals, particularly examining the influence of the social and physical environment on farm animal behaviour and welfare and the influence of human-animal interactions on animal welfare and productivity
Email: phh@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person2078.html
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Prof. Alan Tilbrook
Deputy Director of the Centre and Chief, Livestock & Farming Systems, South Australian Research & Development Institute (SARDI). A research career in endocrinology and behaviour of domestic animals. Particular interests include the endocrine and neuroendocrine control of reproduction in males, the effects of stress on reproduction and endocrine and behavioural responses to stress.
Email: alan.tilbrook@sa.gov.au
http://www.sardi.sa.gov.au/staff_profiles/farming_systems/alan_tilbrook
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Prof. Grahame Coleman
(School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University) –Grahame has followed a research career in aspects of human and animal behaviour associated with biological rhythmicity and sleep and changes in stress-related and reproductive hormones. Current research interests focus primarily on human-animal interactions in farm and companion animals and public attitudes to animal welfare.
Email: Grahame.Coleman@monash.edu.au
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych/staff/profiles/gcoleman.html
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Prof. Andrew Fisher
(Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne) – Chair of Cattle and Sheep Production Medicine with the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Andrew has significant experience in the area of animal welfare, with a particular focus on production animal management and transport. Research interests include welfare aspects of flexible feeding systems of dairy cows.
Email: adfisher@unimelb.edu.au
http://research.vet.unimelb.edu.au/staff.php?staffID=1075
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Dr. Ellen Jongman
(Future Farming Systems Research, DPI, Werribee) - Research interests include the effect of housing, husbandry procedures and management on the welfare of sheep and dairy cows
Email: Ellen.Jongman@dpi.vic.gov.au
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Dr. Jean-Loup Rault
(School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) - PhD from Purdue University aimed to elucidate the involvement of oxytocin in social behaviour. He has also worked on swine castration, swine euthanasia and human animal interactions. Jean-Loup has worked with an array of species but will focus his research in Melbourne on pigs and poultry. His position is supported by Australian Pork Limited, Australian Egg Corporation Limited and Rural Industries Research Corporation (Chicken meat).
Email: Raultj@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person442358.html
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Dr. Samia Toukhsati
(School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Monash University) – Research interests include animal cognition and welfare, and her recent research has included understanding human-animal interactions, particularly with regard to companion animal owner attitudes and behaviours.
Email: Samia.Toukhsati@monash.edu.au
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/psych/staff/profiles/stoukhsati.html
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Dr. Kym Butler
(Future Farming Systems Research, DPI, Werribee) – Kym works within the Biometrics Unit, Future Farming Systems Research and applies biometric analysis to the Centre’s research projects.
Email: Kym.Butler@dpi.vic.gov.au
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Dr. Mariko Lauber
(Animal Health Field Services, DPI, Attwood) – Research interests include behavioural development in dairy calves and its implication in assessing animal welfare implications of new practices and technologies. Current activities focusing on industry, public and tertiary training in animal welfare.
Email: Mariko.Lauber@dpi.vic.gov.au
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Dr. Gervaise Gaunt
(Future Farming Systems Research, DPI, Rutherglen) – A livestock research and extension scientist, with extensive experience in project development, management, analysis, interpretation, delivery and communication. Research interests include identifying strategies that improve the management of sheep for meat and wool production.
Email: Gervaise.Gaunt@dpi.vic.gov.au |
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Assoc. Prof. Steve Moeller
(Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University) –Research interests include human-animal interactions in swine, the effects of housing systems on the welfare of swine and the effects of genetics on pork quality.
Email: Moeller.29@osu.edu
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~ansci/showdetails.php?FID=34
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Dr. Linda Marston
(Adjunct Research Fellow, Monash University) - Interests include animal hoarding, animal welfare education and training
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Dr. Ian Bland
(School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) – Lecturer in Animal Science and Management. Ian is interested in the behaviour and welfare of neonatal/weaned pigs and zoo animals.
Email: Ibland@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person117176.html
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Dr. Peter Cakebread
(School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) –Senior Lecturer in Animal Science and Management. Peter’s research interests include welfare implications of common dental procedures in horses, behavioural and welfare effects of jaw and dental abnormalities in sows and locomotion and welfare effects of lameness in sows.
Email: Pcake@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person2494.html
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Assoc. Prof. Brian Leury
(School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) – Research interests include animal nutrition and physiology.
Email: Brianjl@unimelb.edu.au
http://www.findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/researcher/person14726.html
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Associate Researcher - Dr. Greg Cronin
(Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Sydney) - A research career studying the behaviour and productivity of pigs and in particular the effects of the environment on maternal behaviour and the role of maternal behaviour in piglet survival and growth. Interested also in alternative housing systems for sows during gestation and farrowing/ lactation and housing systems for poultry.
Email: G.Cronin@usyd.edu.au
http://sydney.edu.au/vetscience/about/staff/gcronin.shtml
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Associate Researcher - Assoc. Prof. Pauleen Bennett
(School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo) - A research career studying behavioural neuroscience related to animal learning and memory formation. Research interest in human-animal interactions, particularly with respect to companion animal species.
Email: Pauleen.Bennett@latrobe.edu.au
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Associate Researcher - Dr. Rebecca Morrison
(Rivalea Australia, Corowa, NSW) - Rebecca is a Research Scientist at Australia’s largest pork production enterprise. She conducted her PhD (Behaviour and welfare of pigs in deep-bedded, group housing systems) with Prof. Paul Hemsworth and Dr. Greg Cronin at the University of Melbourne. Rebecca has worked at the University of Minnesota as the Sustainable Swine Production Systems Scientist, working and researching a range of non-crated farrowing systems.
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Associate Researcher - Dr. Keven Kerswell
(Honorary Research Fellow, School of Land & Environment, The University of Melbourne) – Research interests include the characteristics of companion animal owners and communication in the dog.
Email: Keven.Kerswell@yahoo.com.au |
