Meet CCSAW Faculty and University Staff

FACULTY SPECIALISING IN ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE

At CCSAW’s core is a collegial group of welfare scientists and veterinary researchers based in the Ontario Agricultural College, Ontario Veterinary College and College of Biological Science. With our students and post-docs, we organize and contribute to weekly animal welfare discussion meetings, and play leading roles in CCSAW’s annual research symposium. Our teaching, research and service is dedicated to animal well-being; and while we each have our individual specialisms, we’re typically interested in any and all animal welfare research, no matter what topic, species or methodology!

ASSOCIATED FACULTY

With expertise in veterinary medicine, animal sciences, physiology, social sciences, humanities and more, CCSAW Associated Faculty bring unique perspectives to the study of animal welfare. For example, a strong group of veterinary experts work dairy health and welfare, while a growing group of faculty interested in Animal Studies use social science and humanities lenses to address cultural, historical, societal, and ethical dimensions of human-animal relationships. Together these Associate Faculty enrich the work of CCSAW through advice, research collaborations, links with industry, organizing journal clubs, and serving on graduate students’ advisory and examination committees. Some also serve on the CCSAW Steering Committee.

Veterinary medicine

	Department:	Research interests:
Shane Bateman	Clinical Studies	Initiatives that deliver preventive care at low cost to First Nations communities, and preventive veterinary care for pets whose owners are homeless or at risk of homelessness (e.g. with the Community Health Partnership Program).
Jason Coe	Population Medicine	The human-animal bond and how it impacts veterinary medicine.
Peter Conlon	Biomedical Sciences	Companion animal health and client-veterinarian interactions.
Sherri Cox	Integrative Biology	The care and rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wildlife; directs the National Wildlife Centre, and IB’s Masters in Wildlife Biology.
Cate Dewey	Population Medicine	Associate Academic Vice President of UoG; passionate about One Health, with interests in diverse aspects of animal and human health and well-being.
Todd Duffield	Population Medicine	Disease and pain management and dairy cattle; the Saputo Dairy Care Progam.
Robert Friendship	Population Medicine	Disease and pain management in pigs.
Michele Guerin	Population Medicine	Poultry health management, food safety and poultry welfare.
David Kelton Professor Emeritus	Population Medicine	Dairy cow health and welfare; dairy disease surveillance.
Stephen LeBlanc	Population Medicine	Dairy cow metabolic and reproductive health; Director of Dairy at Guelph.
Ken Leslie Professor Emeritus	Population Medicine	Assessment of pain and general well-being of various dairy cattle production groups.
Kerry Lissemore Professor Emeritus	Population Medicine	Dairy health management, production, and pain management following dehorning.
Karol Mathews Professor Emerita	Clinical Studies	Emergency veterinary medicine, critical care and pain control.
Paula Menzies Professor Emerita	Population Medicine	Sheep health and immunology.
Peter Physick-Sheard Professor Emeritus	Clinical Studies	Equine medicine, health management and exercise physiology, with an interest in equine stress.
Jeff Rau Steering Committee Member	Ruminant Field Services	Ruminant health management and welfare.
Chris Riley	Clinical Studies	The chair of Clinical Studies, interested in large animal welfare, including during animal rescue and disaster situations.
Melissa Sinclair	Clinical Studies	Clinical anesthesia.
Jeffrey Wichtel Steering Committee Member	Population Medicine	Current Dean of OVC with a wide range of veterinary, research and policy expertise.
Alex Valverde	Clinical Studies	Anesthesia, and pain control in animals.

Physiology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Computer Science

Gregoy Bedecarrats	Animal Biosciences	How to balance poultry production, health, environmental impacts and poultry welfare.
Elena Choleris	Psychology and Neuroscience	The neurobiological basis of social behaviour in animals.
Giannina Descalzi	Biomedical Science	The neurobiology of chronic pain; using mice and rats as models for humans.
Niel Karrow	Animal Biosciences	Immunologist researching fish and livestock species.
Rich Moccia Professor Emeritus	Animal Biosciences	Aquaculture, including ecosystem impacts and fish welfare.
Wendy Pearson	Animal Biosciences	Using nutrition to manage health conditions in horses.
Stacey Scott	School of Computer Science	The user-centred design of emerging technologies, including in agriculture (e.g. precision livestock farming).
Anna Kate Shoveller	Animal Biosciences	Studies optimization of nutrients across the life cycle and how diet affects the phenotype, including behaviour and metrics of well-being.
James Squires	Animal Biosciences	Metabolism and functional genomics, including how to reduce boar taint without castration.
Mike Steele	Animal Biosciences	How pre-weaning nutritional and management factors impact gastrointestinal development and metabolism in dairy cows.
Glen Van Der Kraak	Integrative Biology	Fish reproduction, and ecotoxicogical effects on fish and amphibians.

Humanities and Social Sciences

Andrea Breen	Family Relations and Applied Nutrition	Family relationships, including human-dog relationships in the home.
John Cranfield	Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics	The drivers of consumer choice, including the impact of welfare labeling on animal products.
Stefan Lindquist	Philosophy	Animal ethics, animal capacities, and the use of genome editing to improve animal welfare.
Michael von Massow Former Steering Committee member	Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics	How people think about food, including labelling, novel products, antibiotic use, and animal welfare.
Susan Nance	History	Animal and environmental history, including when and why people have used animals for entertainment.
Gus Skorberg	Philosophy	Applied ethics, e.g. bioethics, neuroethics, moral psychology, and virtue ethics.
Lauren Van Patter Steering Committee Member	Clinical Studies	Interdisciplinary animal studies, including what it means to ‘live well’ across diverse species.

Adjunct and University Staff Members

Some of CCSAW’s most important members are Adjunct and University Staff specialising in practical animal welfare improvement, via teaching, consulting and other professional activities.