Senior Scientist

• Jun 2023 - Present

Senior Adviser Animal Welfare Science

• Jan 2022 - Jun 2023

Responsible for leading projects as part of the Strengthening the Codes of Welfare work programme. This involved analysing data, providing scientific advice on complex questions, leading welfare initiatives by the provision of technical advice, coordinating with the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), and the management of internal and external stakeholders. Responsible for leading projects as part of the Strengthening the Codes of Welfare work programme. This involved analysing data, providing scientific advice on complex questions, leading welfare initiatives by the provision of technical advice, coordinating with the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee (NAWAC), and the management of internal and external stakeholders.

Programme Coordinator/Academic Staff Member

• Jul 2020 - Dec 2021

Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member for the Rural Animal Technology Programme. Additionally, I was a member of the Wintec Animal Ethics Committee. Programme Coordinator and Academic Staff Member for the Rural Animal Technology Programme. Additionally, I was a member of the Wintec Animal Ethics Committee.

Technician - Animal Welfare

• Nov 2019 - Dec 2020

Involved in several trials primarily focused on farm management practices and systems within the dairy industry, including dairy cow heat stress and calf rearing.

PHD Student

• Mar 2015 - Nov 2019

The overarching aim of my research was to examine the hoof conformation and gait of New Zealand dairy goats and to evaluate how these factors are impacted by hoof trimming. Specifically, I aimed to develop and validate a hoof conformation assessment for use in dairy goats, and to develop a reliable gait scoring system that would allow detection of an uneven gait as a potential precursor to clinical lameness. Furthermore, I aimed to use these methods to evaluate the immediate impacts of hoof trimming and the longer-term impacts of early life hoof trimming and subsequent trimming frequency on anatomical (e.g., hoof conformation, joint positions, hoof growth) and behavioural (e.g., lying behaviour, gait) variables. Show less