UFAW - Key Persons
Alison is Director of Strategy and Change at the British Horseracing Authority and a founder member of racing's industry-wide and independently chaired Horse Welfare Board, which has developed and published an ambitious strategy for equine welfare in the sport.
Alison has broad experience in communications, including media relations, campaigning & public affairs, from roles at Virgin Atlantic, Powergen, T-Mobile, the Natural History Museum and the RSPB, as well as an academic background in politics and policy. She has a particular interest in reputation management and in campaigns designed to change public and political attitudes
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- Assistant
- Chartered Accountant
- Director of Operations
- Honorary Treasurer
Corrie McCann is the Director of Operations and Assistant Registrar at the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS). She is responsible for making sure that the RCVS have the right working environment, appropriate financial framework in place and, also for registration with the RCVS and maintenance of the registers in accordance with relevant legislation.
Corrie is a Chartered Accountant and has experience of working in the charity sector, the fire brigade, commercial sector and internal audit.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Public Health / Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine & Life
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- Department of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine
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- Dept of Animal Management
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- Universidad Mayor ( Chile )
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- Department of Poultry Science
Birte Nielsen joined UFAW in September 2020, bringing with her a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge to the role as Research Director. During the past three decades, she has worked with rats, growing pigs, dairy cows, broiler chickens and broiler breeders, as well as horses, sows, laying hens and even ostriches, carrying out research in basic and applied ethology and animal welfare.
Her dedication to animal welfare has seen her travel from Edinburgh in Scotland, where she spent eight years, via Denmark to Paris, France where she worked on the links between olfaction, behaviour, and neuroscience. She has been a member of various expert panels and working groups, such as Chair of the Danish Animal Welfare Council. She is a former President of the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE), and is the Independent Chair of the Global Coalition for Animal Welfare (GCAW).
Dr Christine Leeb (BOKU LINK) writes: "Interestingly, two of the students, who won in 2017- Lorenz Maurer and Julia Unseld- went on to choose animal welfare as the topic for their Master thesis. Also, Freya Maulbetsch (2018 UFAW animal welfare student scholar) reported that she really enjoyed the student welfare conference at Glasgow last winter. Thank you so much for your ongoing and longstanding support of our students."
Claire is a veterinarian and animal welfare scientist. An important turning point in her career occurred in 2007 when she was awarded a UFAW PhD studentship in mouse welfare. After successfully completing her PhD, she has continued to work in the field of animal welfare. She is particularly interested in mice and dogs as well as reporting of animal welfare details in journals and other publications.
Claire works part time for UFAW and is a member of the editorial team. She is currently involved in co-editing the 9th edition of the UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals and also plays a role in the charity's journal, Animal Welfare.
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- Division of Health Sciences
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- Department of Animal Science
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- Department of Animal Health and Production
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- Consultant in Animal Welfare Science
Dr David Pritchard is a consultant in Animal Welfare Science and Practice. David was formerly Senior Veterinary Consultant on Animal Welfare for Defra, UK, and spent 15 years as a researcher on the epidemiology and diagnosis of infectious disease of farmed animals at the Central Veterinary Laboratory, UK. He was a Director of Veterinary Consultancy Services Limited and held an Honorary Senior Lectureship at the Royal Veterinary College, London.
He has 21 years' experience of international negotiation of veterinary rules for EU Trade, disease control and animal welfare. He chaired the Treaty for Farm Animal Protection of the Council of Europe and was veterinary adviser to the Farm Animal Welfare Council for ten years. David was a member of the European Forum for Animal Welfare Councils (EuroFAWC) and led the Defra animal welfare science research, revisions of animal welfare legislation, and welfare operations including outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever (CSF), Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). He has lectured in many countries and been appointed examiner for the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the Universities of London and Edinburgh.
David has authored scientific papers and book chapters on law, strategies and quality assurance of animal welfare, and low pressure atmospheric stunning (LAPS). He has an interest in veterinary services developing and implementing effective policies for improving animal welfare internationally through the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of the European Commission (TAIEX) and with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). David has 15 years' experience of coordinating Better Training for Safer Food (BTSF) courses on welfare at killing and slaughter, during transport and contingency planning. He has contributed to EU welfare projects including EUWelNet, Animal WelfAre Research in an enlarged Europe (AWARE) and EUBPAK. David coordinated provision of an evidence base of LAPS of poultry and negotiations for its inclusion into EU law.
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- Department of Poultry Science
Dorothy is an animal welfare scientist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. She has wide ranging research interests relating to animal welfare and animal ethics, with expertise in behaviour and neurophysiology and a particular interest in farm animal welfare. She has worked extensively on avian pain, sensory physiology and humane slaughter, leading major research projects on avian chemical senses, beak trimming and development of new methods of on-farm killing and pre-slaughter stunning. She was the recipient of the HSA's Humane Slaughter Award in 2019. In her teaching role, Dorothy delivers an integrated programme of animal welfare science and ethics in undergraduate curricula and she co-coordinates the Glasgow MSc in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law. She is a member of Defra's Animal Welfare Committee and Welfare at Slaughter Group, and is a current or previous holder of several other committee roles for BBSRC, BVA, Dogs Trust, AVMA, WPSA and food industry partners.
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- Animal Production Systems Group
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- Area of Ecology and Biodiversity and Department of Politics & Public Administration
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- Dept of Health & Life Sciences
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- Department of Animal & Agriculture
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- Chief Executive
- Scientific Director
Huw became Chief Executive and Scientific Director of UFAW and its sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association in January 2020. Prior to taking up the role he was Senior Scientific Programme Manager for the two charities, overseeing many of their scientific activities.
Huw originally studied biology at University College London and then completed a PhD in neuroscience at Newcastle University. During this time, he developed a concern for the welfare of animals used in scientific research and went on to undertake research in laboratory animal welfare, also at Newcastle University. He was a member of the Home Office Animals in Science Committee from 2013-2016.
Huw is a strong advocate of evidence-based animal welfare and it is this that drew him to UFAW's scientific, evidence-based approach to animal welfare. He is assisted in his duties by Gerda, the Miniature Schnauzer and Pete the cat.
Outside of work he likes to spend his time walking and taking photographs.
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- Department of Animal Science
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
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- Department of Immunology, Pathophysiology and Preventive Veterinary Medicine
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- Dept of Biological Sciences
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- Department of Animal and Food Science
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- Dept of Animal and Poultry Science
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- Dept of Health Management
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- Department of Animal Science
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- Department of Life Sciences
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- Dept of Animal Science / Aline Sant'Anna
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- Institute of Veterinary, Animal & Biomedical Sciences
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- Department of Animal Science and Fisheries Management
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- Dept of Animal Physiology
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- Dept of Animal Welfare and 3Rs
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- School of Agriculture and Food, Faculty of Science
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- Dept of Farm Animal Health
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
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- Department of Animal & Dairy Sciences
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- Department of Poultry Science
Stephen is an animal welfare scientist and ethologist who has worked for the UFAW for over 20 years. Concerned with improving the way we keep and care for animals, he is particularly interested in the welfare of companion and captive wild animals, and those that we interact with in the wild. He has also got very interested in the welfare of fish recently.
Stephen co-ordinates and manages UFAW's programme of conferences and symposia, having organised meetings on wild bird care in the garden, animal populations - world resources and animal welfare, animal training, quality of life, consciousness and on recent advances in animal welfare science. He is also responsible for UFAW's animal welfare science outreach programme, the LINK scheme, which consists of a network of 100+ universities and academics from around the world.
He has also worked with a number of external organisations - holding the post of council member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) and Secretary of the ASAB Accreditation Committee, where he co-ordinated the setting up of a system for setting standards for those treating behavioural disorders in animals and validating universities offering suitable courses in the area, founding director and council member of the UK's Animal Behaviour Training Council and treasurer of the International Society for Anthrozoology and is an observer on the Wild Animal Welfare Committee. He has been an external board member of Marwell Zoo's Ethics Committee since 2006.
He currently pays the food bills and shares a sofa with Basil, a rescued stray tabby cat.
Born in Edinburgh in the Chinese year of the Monkey, Managing Editor Steve joined UFAW in July 2006. As a youngster, Steve harboured dreams of a career in sports journalism but a gap year in Australia working with Greenpeace nudged him in an altogether different direction. An HND in Biological Sciences, a spell as a keeper at Edinburgh Zoo and then back-to-back degrees in Zoology and Vet Science at Liverpool University followed.
When not working on UFAW's prestigious scientific journal Animal Welfare, Steve enjoys being dragged around various North Pennine beauty spots by his dogs Bear and Bertie with his wife, Janey and writing books about Scottish Football.
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- Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Sylvia Nalubwama and Dr. Tayebwa Dickson Stuart are the club's patrons and it has a large and active committee comprising of 14 members, including representatives/ambassadors from each student year group at the university.
Emily is a clinical vet with a production animal focus. She has always had an interest in ethics and welfare, including doing clinical research in pain perceptions in dairy cattle lameness.
When not working she enjoys the company of cows and horses and is a national level athletics technical official. She has also recently discovered crossfit and suspects she's on the slippery slope of becoming a weightlifter!
Emma-Louise Singh MCIOF (advDip) is an experienced fundraiser with 17+ years' of hands-on experience across multiple fundraising tactics, including: Trusts and Foundations, Events, Community and Corporate and in particular strategic fundraising development. Her experience has been drawn from a diverse range of sectors, including animal welfare, International Development, health, social welfare and disability. Emma-Louise has worked for both large household names, such as Christian Aid and as a sole fundraiser for small and local organisations, where she implemented and developed new fundraising strategies and programmes. She also has experience of fundraising for membership organisations.
Emma-Louise founded Nova Fundraising & Associates Ltd in 2017 which helps small and medium sized charities shine through excellent and professional fundraising. Since Nova Fundraising was launched, Emma-Louise has worked with a number of small and medium-sized charities, helping them to implement fundraising programmes from scratch, diversify their income streams to create sustainability and grow their revenue so that they are able to deliver their missions. Emma-Louise comes highly qualified, having completed the Chartered Institute of Fundraising's Diploma and International Advanced Diploma. She was also part of the first global cohort to complete the certificate in Philanthropic Psychology. Until July 2021 she was a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, where she chaired the learning and development committee. She is currently a senior tutor for the Institute for Sustainable Philanthropy.
After graduating from Veterinary School at Bristol University Jane entered general veterinary practice in North Yorkshire and went on to specialise in veterinary public health. She joined the Meat Hygiene Service in 1995 and was appointed as the Veterinary and Technical Director in 2002. In 2010 she led the chemical safety group at the Food Standards Agency. Jane has worked with all sectors of the food chain and with research organisations improving food safety and animal welfare. Jane is the Chair of the Pig Health and Welfare Council, a member of Defra's Animal Welfare Council and Chair of the Welfare at Slaughter group, a member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and Chair of Food and Drink Qualifications Ltd (FDQ) which provides qualifications and apprenticeship endpoint assessments across the food chain.
Jane joined UFAW in July 2013 having brought with her over 25 years' experience of working with the private and voluntary sector at a senior management level. Her responsibilities include sound financial management and reporting, property management, legacy administration, contractual negotiations, Charity Commission and Companies House compliance, and HR management and guidance. On a personal level she is an animal lover with a particular affection for dogs, having been brought up in a household of Boxers, and has been involved in the rehabilitation and rehoming of Dobermans, Irish Setters and now Pugs.
Liz studied Animal Health at Harper Adams Agricultural University before undertaking an MSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the University of Edinburgh, carrying out the research element of her MSc at the UBC Dairy Education and Research Centre, Canada.
She first worked alongside UFAW when she was employed by their sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA), to take the lead in organizing and running an international training workshop on welfare standards concerning the stunning and killing of animals.
Having enjoyed working with the UFAW/HSA team and seeing first-hand the great work that they do, Liz then accepted the role of Scientific Officer for UFAW. Since joining UFAW, she has continued to follow her interests in farm animal welfare, and was successful in being awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship to look into the welfare of farmed bison, ostrich and crocodiles which involved travelling to Canada/USA, South Africa and Australia respectively.
At home Liz enjoys walking her rescue collie, Fidget, and attempting to train her few free-range hens on what not to eat in the vegetable garden.
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- Scientific Communications & Outreach Officer
Luisa studied Bioveterinary Science at the University of West England (UWE), followed by an MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology at the University of London (Royal Veterinary College and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine).
It was whist working on research projects investigating methods for reducing the prevalence of disease in pig herds that she found her passion for science communication. Luisa enjoyed explaining the importance of the work to different groups of people including government officials, vets, scientists and farmers.
Having realised where her passion lies, Luisa moved on to work with animal welfare and veterinary organisations, helping them to convey animal health and welfare science to various audiences. Luisa joined the team at UFAW and its sister charity, the Humane Slaughter Association (HSA) in February 2022.
In her spare time, Luisa enjoys being trained and walked by her four border collies - Penny, Teddy, Roo and Rosie. Once the dogs are happy to rest, she enjoys watching sport (predominantly football and formula one) and musical theatre.
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- Chairman
- Chairman of Both
Mike Radford is presently Chair of both UFAW and HSA. He has been a trustee since 1998 and previously served as Chair between 2014 and 2016. He is Reader in Animal Welfare Law and UK Public Law in the University of Aberdeen. Mike established the first course in animal welfare law to be offered by a university law school in the UK (and, possibly, Europe) and has more than thirty years' experience of working with scientists, politicians, officials, and NGOs in developing policy and legislation relating to animals. He has served as a trustee of Dogs Trust, the PDSA, and as a member of the Companion Animal Welfare Council and the Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding. Mike is presently a trustee of the Association of Lawyers for Animal Welfare/the UK Centre for Animal Law and Chair of its Scottish Committee, and is a founder member of the Scottish Animal Welfare Commission. He was appointed OBE in 2008 for services to animal welfare law.
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- Dipartimento Di Scienze Delle Produzioni Animali
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- Department of Agricultural Technology
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- Animal Production, Welfare and Veterinary Sciences
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- Dept of of Pathobiology and Population Sciences
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- Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Paula Junqueira is an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in London advising entrepreneurs, ultra-high net worth families, foundations and family offices. In this role, Mrs Junqueira is responsible for coordinating and delivering investments, credit and estate-planning advice to clients with a diverse spectrum of financial needs, as well as providing access to the broader J.P. Morgan global network and platform.
Mrs Junqueira brings 15 years of industry experience at J.P. Morgan. Prior to moving to London, she was part of the leadership team that established J.P. Morgan new office in Luxembourg and led a team of advisors covering multi-jurisdictions families. Mrs Junqueira was previously the COO of U.K. & Ireland Private Bank and before moving to Europe, she held several roles in New York and Sao Paulo, including Business Manager, Banker and Market Risk Analyst. Mrs Junqueira started her career at the FX, commodity and fixed income proprietary trading desk.
Mrs Junqueira holds an MBA and is a graduate of Keble College, Oxford University. She completed her business administration bachelor's degree at Fundacao Getulio Vargas Business School, Brazil and is also a Certified Financial Planner®.
Paula leverages her professional experience to advise and mentor female entrepreneurs, animal welfare & youth education focused charities.
Shown are the ISU team, left to right: Isabelle Schroeder (Vet Med student), Prof. Suzanne Millman (coach, College of Veterinary Medicine), Jasmine Hanson (Vet Med student), Dr. Cassandra Stambuk (co-coach, postdoctoral researcher in College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Prof. Anna Johnson's lab), Braden Fitzgerald (Undergraduate student), Caleb Brezina (Vet Med student).
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- Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Reading
Richard Bennett is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Reading. His research interests are wide in relation to animal welfare but he has a particular interest in the economics and social science aspects of animal health and welfare on which he has published extensively. He has served on various animal health and welfare committees including the England Implementation Group of the Animal Health and Welfare Strategy (2005-2009), Chair of the Veterinary Development Council (2011-2013), 10 years on the government's Farm Animal Welfare Committee (2005-2014) and served as a trustee of the Farm Animal Welfare Trust.
Sam is UFAW's longest-serving member of staff, having worked for UFAW for over 36 years. She joined UFAW in 1985 before computerisation of our offices and remembers the first computer arriving in 1986. She is responsible for the website, memberships and subscriptions, proof reading, some accounting, conference and symposia bookings and will have a go at more or less anything else that needs doing in the office!
In her limited spare time, she enjoys walking her lurcher and greyhound, looking after her very elderly horses and three cats, as well as hand-rearing and fostering nearly 200 rescue kittens for a local charity. Over the years she has competed across the country with her ponies in both ridden and driving classes and for many years took part in the annual harness horse parade in London. She also enjoys gardening and watching football, especially champions Liverpool, and eating chocolate!
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- Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University
In April, UFAW was happy to help support the visit of Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, to University College, Dublin where she gave a talk on ‘Auditing Animal Welfare: Practical Improvements in Slaughter Plants' to an audience of over 300 staff and students.
Tina joined the charities in January 2019 working part-time, having worked in the ‘not for profit' sector for 18 years as well as in the private sector. She has a wealth of experience in a variety of areas within the field of finance and HR.
Tina is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, gaining her degree 25 years ago. Her responsibilities include most areas of financial accounting tasks and office administration and she supports the Charity Secretary and the admin team where needed.
On a personal level she is a lifelong animal lover, having been brought up with a whole array of different animals. She has particular affections for dogs and horses and supports a Wolf Rescue Centre by adopting one wolf in their pack. Tina is also an adrenaline junky, completing a number of challenges over the years. For charity, she has taken part in ‘Ride The Night' 100k cycle twice and trekked to Machu Picchu.