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Dr Isabelle Resch

BVSc(Hons), MVS, MANZVCS (Small Animal Medicine, Vet Behaviour)

Isabelle graduated from the University of Sydney and has worked in small animal practice since then. She completed a Master of Veterinary Studies and Membership in Small Animal Medicine in 2001. Isabelle passed her Membership examinations in Veterinary Behaviour in 2016 and is currently undertaking a residency in Behavioural Medicine with the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and the American College of Veterinary Behaviour, on the pathway to becoming a Veterinary Behavioural Medicine specialist.

Isabelle is a tutor for the Distance Education programme in Veterinary Behaviour, University of Sydney, a consultant for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN) in Behaviour and has been an examiner for the Australia New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists. She is the current President of AVBM (Australian Veterinary Behavioural Medicine), a special interest group of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA).

She attends several national and international behaviour conferences every year and is passionate about providing ongoing education to help to continue growing and developing the field of veterinary behaviour. She currently works at Canberra Animal Behaviour Solutions at the Animal Referral Hospital in Canberra.

Dr Liam Clay

B. App. Sc. (Vet tech) VTS (Behavior) B. App. Sc.(Hons)

Dr Liam Clay studied at the University of Queensland (UQ), from which he holds a Doctorate in Canine Behaviour Assessment, Behavioural Problems and Adoption suitability in Australian shelters. Through UQ, Liam has also completed his honours in Stress and Behavioural Problems and became the first VTS specialist in Behaviour in 2020 in Australia.

Dr Clay is the Director of Future Proof Training Academy, treating complex behaviour problems (Severe sensory sensitivities, aggression, fear and anxiety) by pioneering new and innovative scientific breakthroughs in animal behaviour therapy. Dr Clay is the director of Applied Animal Behaviour Consultants for industry consulting, research and education through the veterinary industry. He is an adjunct lecturer and researcher with the University of Queensland, School of Veterinary Science.

He currently researches and supervises students in the areas of canine behaviour problems, shelter behaviour, behaviour assessments, one health and behaviour therapy.

Dr Bronwen Bollaert

BVSc, MSc, MANZCVS (Veterinary Behaviour)

Dr Bronwen completed her undergraduate veterinary training at Onderstepoort, University of Pretoria, in South Africa. Over several years she worked in small animal private practice, the Johannesburg SPCA and the Johannesburg Zoological Gardens. During her time at the JHB Zoo, Bronwen also undertook research into infectious disease in African Buffalo and completed her Master of Veterinary Science Degree by dissertation. In 2008 Dr Bronwen emigrated to Australia and returned to small animal practice whilst building additional skills in Veterinary Behaviour. Since then, Dr Bronwen has become a Member of the Veterinary Behaviour Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Science, has been the ANZCVS Science Week convenor and is the current President-elect for the Chapter. 

Dr Bronwen advises on an Expert Advisory Panel developing gold standard training curricula for dog trainers. Dr Bronwen owns and runs Healthy Pet Behaviour Services, providing behavioural medicine services to the Greater Brisbane area, and Healthy Pet Mobile Vet, a GP house call service in Brisbane’s North.

She is actively involved in promoting awareness of mental health in animals and is excited to be able to play a part in educating clients, colleagues and the greater community about this fascinating field. 

Dr Katrin Jahn 

DrMedVet, CertVA, MANZCVS (Veterinary Behaviour), DACVB, MRCVS

Katrin is a Board-Certified Specialist in Veterinary Behaviour Medicine and believes that the mental and emotional health of veterinary patients is equally as important as their physical health.
Katrin owns and runs a Small Animal Veterinary Practice - the German Veterinary Clinic - in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which is the first ISFM Gold Standard Cat Friendly Clinic in the Middle East.

She is also the proud owner of Trinity Veterinary Behaviour, an online platform dedicated to facilitating Pet Owner and Vet to Vet Clinical Behaviour Consultations as well as providing amazing educational resources for Owners and Pet Care Professional alike on all things Veterinary Behaviour Medicine. Aside from the clinical aspects of her work, Katrin has become a passionate entrepreneur who loves developing business opportunities and networks.

Dr Gabby Lawson

BVsc (hons) MSc ISFM AdvCertFB

Gabby Lawson is an Australian veterinarian that graduated from the University of Queensland in 2001. She spent several years working in mixed practice in New Zealand and the UK before returning to her hometown of Hobart, Tasmania in 2010. For the last 9 years she has been working Hobart Community Veterinary Hospital, a not-for-profit small animal community clinic as well as The Cat Clinic Hobart, an ISFM gold accredited cat only veterinary clinic. In 2016 she completed the ISFM feline distance education course, and in 2017 graduated from University of Edinburgh with a Masters in International Animal Welfare Ethic & Law. She recently completed the ISFM Advanced feline behaviour for professionals’ certificate.

Gabby is also the lead vet for the Hobart regional branch of Pets in the Park, a volunteer run charity dedicated to providing free veterinary services for the companion animals of the homeless.

Dr. Jacqui Ley

BVSc (Hons) PhD DipECAWBM FANZCVS Registrierte Spezialistin für Veterinary Behaviour

Jacqui Ley schloss 1995 ihr Studium an der University of Melbourne ab und arbeitete danach als Tierärztin in Melbourne. Im Jahr 2000 wurde sie ein Member of Veterinary Behaviour beim ANZCVS und promovierte an der Monash University, wo sie in ihrer Dissertation ein Modell zur Beurteilung des Charakters von Hunden sowie einen dazugehörigen Fragebogen erstellte. 2011 wurde sie Diplomate am European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine - nur zwei Personen in Australien haben diese Qualifikation. Seit 2013 ist Jacqui ein Fellow of Veterinary Behaviour beim ANZCVS.

Dr. Kersti Seksel

BVSc MRCVS MA FACVSc DACVB DECAWBM

Kersti hat einen Abschluss in Veterinärmedizin von der Sydney University. Sie hat einen BA in Verhaltenswissenschaften mit Schwerpunkt Psychologie sowie einen Master of Arts (Hons). Sie ist Fellow in Animal Behaviour des Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS), Diplomate des American College of Veterinary Behaviourists und Diplomate des European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine.

Dr. Trepheena Hunter

Tierärztin und Spezialistin für Tierverhalten (DipACVB) BAgSc (hons), MAgSc, BVSc (hons), MANZCVS (Behaviour)

Trepheena machte 2004 ihren Abschluss als Tierärztin. Sie arbeitete in der Gemischt- und Kleintierpraxis und anschließend als Tierärztin für Verhalten. Sie hat in 2012 ihr Membership in Veterinary Behaviour erhalten und absolvierte danach ein Ausbildungsprogramm zur Spezialistin beim American College of Veterinary Behaviourists. Trepheena hat ein besonderes Interesse an der Arbeit mit Hunden und Katzen aus dem Tierheim, um deren emotionale Gesundheit und Wohlbefinden sowohl im Tierheim als auch ihrem neuen Zuhause zu fördern. Sie arbeitet gerne eng mit den Besitzern zusammen, um Verhaltensprobleme bei Haustieren wie Furcht, Angst und Aggression zu behandeln und richtig damit umzugehen.

Dr Rimini Quinn

BSVs (hons) MANZCVS (Veterinary Behaviour)

Serena Dean

BAppSc (VTM), CIV VN, TAE, MBA

Serena ist seit über 20 Jahren in der Branche tätig und hatte Positionen als leitende Veterinary Nurse in der Notfall- und Allgemeinmedizin inne, bevor sie zu Aus- und Weiterbildung, sowie Führung und Management wechselte. Als jemand mit Visionen und einer Passion für das Verhalten von Tieren hat sie das Best Behaviour Programm für Greencross Limited konzipiert, erstellt und erfolgreich umgesetzt. Als Advokatin der Branche ist Serena Referentin, Rednerin und Gastdozentin für verschiedene Plattformen, darunter die VNCA und die University of Queensland, und ausserdem Redaktionsmitglied des Australian Veterinary Nurses Journal. Serena ist derzeit Geschäftsführerin von Stress Free Pets, einem Ausbildungsprogramm mit Zertifizierung für den Umgang mit Tieren für Tierärzte und Tierärztliches Fachpersonal. Sie hat einen MBA, einen Bachelor of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology & Management, ein Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing, ein Certificate IV in Training and Assessment und ist professionelles Mitglied der Society of Veterinary Behaviour Technicians (USA).

Dr. Barbara Schöning

Dr.med.vet. MSc, PhD Fachtierärztin für Verhaltenskunde und Tierschutz

Dr. Barbara Schöning studierte Veterinärmedizin in Berlin und erwarb später einen MSc in "Companion Animal Behavior Counseling" an der University of Southampton: Sie promovierte über "Aggressionsverhalten bei Hunden" an der University of Bristol. Barbara ist derzeit Vorsitzende der Gesellschaft für Tierverhaltensmedizin und -therapie (GTVMT) und Präsidentin der Europäischen Gesellschaft für klinische Veterinärethologie (ESVCE). Sie hat zahlreiche Bücher und Artikel über Verhalten, Training und Verhaltensprobleme von Haustieren verfasst.

Dr Kate Mornement

PhD qualified Applied Animal Behaviourist

Dr Kate Mornement is a PhD qualified Applied Animal Behaviourist and Consultant. Kate runs a consulting practice called Pets Behaving Badly in Melbourne, Australia and is Co-Founder of People and Animals in the Workplace (PAW); an initiative that brings together three specialists in animal behaviour, animal welfare and human well-being, to deliver professional development and education to people who work with animals. Kate consults with pet parents, industry, local government and media regarding animal behaviour, training, behaviour modification, enrichment and welfare. She also writes for various print and online publications on these topics. Kate is frequently sought by the media for interview and comment regarding animal behaviour and the human-animal bond.

Hayley Walters

RVN

Dr Deborah Monks

BVSc (Hons), Cert Zoo Med (RCVS), ECZM Diplomate (Avian Medicine), FANZCVS (Avian Medicine and Surgery) Recognised Avian Specialist

Deborah realised even before graduation that she wanted to help the less represented animal species reach the heights of care and wellness that dogs and cats achieved, and she set out to do so within her first year. The feathered, scaly and small-creature-furred path led her to England, to complete an avian residency, and she emerged from that adventure with specialist status recognised in both Europe and Australia. Soon after returning to this land of birds and colours, she started Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Service, and it's been increasing in staff and client numbers since 2006. She is the slave of four pet parrots, two cats and a Black Headed Python.

Dr Sally Nixon

BVSc MANZCVS (veterinary behaviour)

Dr Sally Nixon graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from the University of Melbourne in 2000 and developed an interest in behavioural medicine in 2009. She became a Member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists (ANZCVS) Veterinary Behaviour Chapter by examination in 2013 and she is currently president of the chapter. Sally started her Residency in veterinary behavioural medicine with both the ANZCVS and the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists in early 2019 under the mentorship of Dr Kersti Seksel and Dr Jacqui Ley.

As well as owning her own rural-based business consulting in veterinary behavioural medicine, Sally is a co-tutor for the CVE Veterinary Behavioural Medicine course, she teaches Small Animal Behaviour to veterinary nurses and she is a consultant with the behaviour folder for the Veterinary Information Network (VIN). She has been a committee member of the Australian Veterinary Association’s Behaviour Interest Group (AVBIG) committee since 2014 and currently represents AVBIG on the Policy Advisory Council of the Australian Veterinary Association.

Dr Serina Filler

PGCert PhD MANZCVS MRCVS

Dr. Serina Filler is a 2012 graduate of Vienna/Austria but had spent significant time of her training at Washington State University and UC Davis, USA. She has run a cat rescue network and breeding cattery whilst an undergraduate student which was followed working as a vet in private clinics in Germany. She then relocated to the UK to obtain a postgraduate certificate in small animal medicine and surgery, a PhD in feline haemoplasmas (although she’ll tell you it’s about mice and bioinformatics) and to work in her passion field of cat-only practice. Serina qualified as MANZCVS in 2021 and enjoys all topics feline but is particularly passionate about evidence-based medicine and data-driven innovation. She is a published author in feline genetics, infectious diseases and pain management and serves as a reviewer for JFMS.