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Join us to hear Matthew Knight, a PhD candidate in Social Work at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Veterinary Social Work talk about his latest research. Matt's research focuses on the human-animal bond, with particular interests in service dog partnerships, moral injury, and posttraumatic growth among military veterans.

Join Dr. Nichole L. Nageotte (Community Research and Evaluation Manager) and Dr. Lynn Von Hagen (Africa Conservation Program Director) - both at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance - talk about the important role zoos play in conservation.

Sindhoor is a canine behaviour consultant, a canine myotherapist, an anthrozoologist and an engineer by qualification. She researches free living dogs in Bangalore, India. She has presented her findings at major international conferences in the US, UK and has conducted seminars in Europe, UK and South America. She has been invited as an expert on several podcasts, including a few on NPR radio. She maintained a weekly column on dog behaviour, in The Bangalore Mirror for two years. She is a TEDx speaker, the author of the book, Dog Knows. National Geographic calls hers a ‘Great Mind’ in the bookazine, Genius of Dogs. She is currently the principal and director of BHARCS. BHARCS offers a unique, UK-accredited level 4 diploma on canine biosociopsychology and applied ethology.

Join us for a conversation with Dr. Chalotte Glintborg as we talk about her latest research on assistance dogs in Denmark.

Join us for a conversation with Hajnalka Selmeci, a sport psychologist who teaches at the Hungarian University of Sports Science while working on her PhD.
Hajnalka’s research focuses on the psychology of dog sports and what makes human–dog teams thrive – and she is always excited to talk about the intersection of psychology, performance, and our relationships with animals.

Join us for a conversation with Oxford zoologist Tim Coulson about octopus biology, how predator-prey arms races have shaped life on Earth, and the challenges of human-wildlife coexistence following wolf reintroduction in the American West.

Learn from Dr Ana Davidson and Lindsey Sterling Krank about prairie dogs in the west. These keystone species are threatened by plague and unlimited shooting on public lands, but conservationists are working to stop these threats. 

Join us to talk about Kate Miller's latest research. Kate Miller is a PhD student at Colorado State University studying animal training, learning, and behavior. She is the Lead Animal Trainer at Human-Animal Bond in Colorado (HABIC) in the School of Social Work at CSU and a Karen Pryor Academy Certified Training Partner (KPA-CTP), with research interests focused on clicker training, marker use, and evidence-based positive reinforcement training.

Join us for a discussion with Dr Sonya McDowall, a cross-disciplinary researcher, as she talks about examining how social determinants of health drive companion animal welfare outcomes challenge the traditional separation between human and animal wellbeing. Her research is shaping new approaches to policy and practice at the intersection of public health and animal care outcomes.

Listen to AHPC co-director Becky Niemiec share her reflections on what we can learn from Dr Jane Goodall.