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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 Registered Specialist in Veterinary Behaviour

Jacqui graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1995 and worked in companion animal practice in metropolitan Melbourne. She obtained her membership to the Veterinary Behaviour Chapter of the ANZCVS in 2000 and completed her PhD, through Monash University, describing a model and building a questionnaire for assessing canine personality. In 2011 she became a diplomat of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine - one of two people to hold this qualification in Australia. Jacqui was awarded a Fellowship to the ANZCVS in the Chapter of Veterinary Behaviour at Science Week 2013.

Dr Kersti Seksel

BVSc MRCVS MA FACVSc DACVB DECAWBM

Kersti graduated in Veterinary Science from Sydney University. She has a BA in Behavioural Sciences with a major in psychology as well as a Master of Arts (Hons). She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists in Animal Behaviour, a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Welfare and Behavioural Medicine.