Speaker bio page for Cathy Dwyer

Bio

Professor Cathy Dwyer is head of the Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Team at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), which is one of the largest animal research groups in Europe. Her research interests include maternal behaviour, offspring development and survival (particularly in sheep), pain and the welfare of animals kept in extensive management conditions. She has been involved in several interdisciplinary and participative research projects, engaging with farmers and other stakeholders to co-address welfare problems and develop on farm solutions. Cathy is also the Director of the Jeanne Marchig International Centre for Animal Welfare Education, which provides animal welfare education for veterinarians and other groups in the UK and overseas, particularly in Asia. In 2012 she was awarded the BSAS/RSPCA award for outstanding contribution to animal welfare.