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Anna Ratuski (PhD 2023) Environmental enrichment for rats and mice housed in laboratories Thesis
Michael Brunt (PhD 2022) Understanding the social licence to use animals for scientific purposes and the role of institutional transparency Thesis
Lucia Amendola Saavedra (PhD 2019) completed her research understanding individual variation in rat responses to carbon dioxide in 2019. She then transitioned to a post-doctoral position with the Animal Welfare Program continuing to focus on the welfare of lab animals. Thesis
Courtney Graham (MSc 2017) completed her master’s on the social behaviour and welfare of laboratory zebrafish. She then pursued a PhD in the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph studying the effects of socialization and fear behaviour on kittens and cats. Thesis
Joanna Makowska (PhD 2016) completed her MSc on humane methods of euthanasia for laboratory rats and her PhD on the welfare of rats living in semi-naturalistic versus standard laboratory environments. Since 2018, Joanna has been an Adjunct Professor at the AWP and the Laboratory Animal Advisor at the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington, DC. LinkedIn Thesis
Leigh Gaffney (MSc 2014) recently completed her masters research on the effects of tank colour on coho salmon preferences and aggression levels. Thesis
Carly Moody (MSc 2014) completed her MSc studies on current euthanasia methods and later pursued her PhD at the University of Guelph. Carly then worked as a post-doc in animal behaviour and welfare at Charles River Laboratories, and is now an Assistant Professor in Animal Welfare Epidemiology at UC Davis. Thesis
Devina Wong (MSc 2013) studied conditioned place avoidance of zebrafish to three chemicals used for euthanasia. LinkedIn Thesis
Elisabeth Ormandy (PhD 2012), focused her doctoral work on the public attitudes toward the use of animals in research. Elisabeth has since become the Co-founder and Executive Director at the Canadian Society for Humane Science and still currently teaches undergraduate UBC courses in Applied Animal Biology and Integrated Sciences. Thesis
Joanna Makowska (MSc 2008) completed her MSc on humane methods of euthanasia for laboratory rats and her PhD on the welfare of rats living in semi-naturalistic versus standard laboratory environments. Since 2018, Joanna has been an Adjunct Professor at the AWP and the Laboratory Animal Advisor at the Animal Welfare Institute in Washington, DC. LinkedIn Thesis
Lee Niel (PhD 2006), whose doctoral research focused on laboratory rodents, was appointed to the Chair in Companion Animal Welfare at the Ontario Veterinary College at University of Guelph, funded by a gift from philanthropist Mrs. Mona Campbell. Thesis
Nicole Fenwick (MSc 2005) worked for several years at the CCAC promoting Replacement, Reduction and Refinement for animals in science. Nicole has since joined the BC SPCA as Manager, Research and Standards. She helped to develop the AnimalKind Accreditation Program. LinkedIn Thesis
Cathy Schuppli (PhD 2004) her research, done in collaboration with UBC’s Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics, dealt with the role of animal ethics committees in achieving humane animal experimentation. Since 2013, Cathy has held a full-time appointment as a clinical veterinarian at UBC and is an Adjunct Professor in the Animal Welfare Program. ResearchGate