Presentations
Conference presentations
1. Oral presentation: “What makes for effective rodent enrichment: Concepts and applied examples.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Montreal, Canada. (May 2023)
2. Oral presentation: “Effects of playpen access on stereotypic behaviour and aggression in conventionally housed female laboratory mice.” Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Ohrid, North Macedonia. (September 2022)
3. Oral presentation: “Playpen access is a positive experience for conventionally-housed laboratory mice.” at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2022); this presentation was awarded third place in the oral competition.
4. Oral presentation: Let the Stars Shine Workshop: 3Rs Early Career Scientist Award Finalist Presentations. 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences (Online, August 2021); I was invited to participate in this workshop after my abstract scored among the top 6 Refinement-related abstracts at the conference as rated by the scientific committee.
5. Poster presentation: “Get-away lofts for lactating laboratory rats: Is time away from pups beneficial for dam welfare?” at 11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. (Online, August 2021)
6. Oral presentation: “Playpen access for laboratory mice.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Online. (June 2021); this was the session with the highest live attendance during the conference and the highest number of visits to the recorded sessions post-conference.
7. Oral presentation: “Use of a get-away loft by lactating laboratory rats: Do rat moms need a break from their pups?” at UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2021); this presentation was awarded third place in the oral competition.
8. Oral presentation: “Research highlights from the UBC Animal Welfare Program.” National Animal Welfare Conference. Humane Canada: Ottawa, ON. (April 2020)
9. Poster presentation: “The effect of an anxiolytic on rat aversion to CO2 in the approach- and aversion-avoidance paradigms.” Animal Behaviour Society conference. Chicago, IL. (June 2019)
10. Poster presentation: “Paced Mating for Laboratory Rats.” Canadian Association for Laboratory Animal Science symposium. Richmond, BC. (June 2019)
11. Poster presentation: “Individual Variability in Rat Motivation to Access a Food Reward” Congress of the International Society for Applied Ethology. Charlottetown, PEI. (September 2018)
12. Oral presentation: “Individual Variability in Rat Motivation to Access a Food Reward.” UBC Faculty of Land & Food Systems Graduate Student Conference. Vancouver, BC. (March 2018)
Seminar talks and guest lectures
1. Invited talk: “What makes a cage ‘enriched’? Concepts and applied examples of environmental enrichment for rodents.” Stanford University, California. (January 2024)
2. Invited talk: “Environmental needs of rats and mice used in research.” In collaboration with Professor Dan Weary; Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil. (online; March 2023)
3. Invited talk: “What makes a cage ‘enriched’? Approaches to environmental enrichment for mice and rats housed in laboratories.” University of Bern, Switzerland. (March 2023)
4. Invited talk: “Giving rodent moms a break: Use of get-away areas by mice and rats housed in laboratories.” University of Bristol, UK (online; June 2022).
5. Guest lecture: “The intersection of animal welfare and scientific research outcomes.” for undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia, taught by Dr. Cathy Schuppli (2018, 2019, and 2020)
6. Guest lecture: “Improving the environments of laboratory rodents.” for undergraduate students at Evergreen College, taught by Dr. Michael Paros (December 2020)
7. Guest lecture: “Housing refinements for laboratory rodents.” for undergraduate students at Harper Adams University, taught by Dr. Annabelle Beaver (October 2020)