- Acute and chronic stress in animals: Development and use of non-invasive physiological and behavioral indicators; assessment of stress-reducing interventions, psychopharmaceuticals, and analgesics in clinical or home environments.
- Behavior and affective state assessment: Characterizing emotional states, motivation, and welfare through behavioral observation and ethograms
- Affective neuroscience and welfare: EEG-based evaluation of pain, stress, positive emotion (e.g., play/joy), and sleep in animals.
- Veterinary education: effects of animal welfare education on attitudes and perceptions; gentle handling techniques; visual thinking strategies
- Primary species: domestic cats, chickens (non-production), and farmed animal species, with species selected based on the welfare question being investigated
- Masters in ecology and bachelor’s in psychology and art, thus I am interested in the interconnectedness of animal and human welfare and the environment. I'm interested in the use of art in the veterinary realm.
Previous research focused on novel preventive and treatment measures for feline upper respiratory tract infection (URI) in both shelter cats and purpose-bred kittens. Previous work has also included evaluation of tickborne infectious diseases in purpose-bred beagles, efficacy of immune stimulants in resolution of clinical signs of infectious diseases in cats and dogs, and behavioral and clinical responses during pheromone use in cats.