Alison Hanlon

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Alison Jane Hanlon is an Irish veterinary research scientist who advocates for animal welfare, including that of companion animals, horses and farm animals. [1] She is a professor at University College Dublin and has worked on a number of government advisory groups.

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Biography

Hanlon is a research scientist and professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine at University College Dublin. [2] She was part of the team that published the government report Challenges and Solutions To Supporting Farm Animal Welfare in Ireland: Responding to the Human Element. [3]

Hanlon's early research explored different aspects of the welfare of deer as wild and farmed animals. She also investigated teaching animal welfare in vet schools, [4] a collaboration with other notable scientists including Donald Broom. In 2008 she chaired the UFAW conference in Dublin with Temple Grandin as the keynote speaker.

Her later research includes collaborative projects exploring stakeholder perception of animal welfare and veterinary ethics. Hanlon has been appointed by the Minister for Health as a member of the National Committee for the Protection of Animals Used for Scientific Purposes and is a member of other government and specialist bodies, including:

She is a member of the Irish Government's Scientific Advisory Council on Animal Health and Welfare, [6] a regular contributor to the Irish Vet Journal, and is on the editorial board of the scientific journal Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). An advocate of One Welfare, [9] she has been awarded numerous research grants and has published extensively.

In May 2021 the EU nominated a third Reference Centre [10] for animal welfare, focusing on the welfare of ruminants and equines [11] coordinated by Professor Harry Blokhuis [12] at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Swedish Centre for Animal Welfare, and also composed of university partners in Ireland (led by Hanlon), Austria, Greece, France and Italy.

Media

Hanlon's work has been quoted in the Irish Times [13] and horse forums. [14]

Recognition

She gained an academic award for her work (President's Teaching Award) which was used to develop an interactive online teaching tool, animal ethics dilemma, which is used by veterinary and animal science students worldwide. Nominated for an EMBO award (Excellence in the Life Sciences), the website was subsequently translated into five languages. Her work has gained several external grants from Teagasc – Ireland's Agriculture and Food Development Authority, the Irish Research Council [15] and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [16]

Selected publications

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References

  1. ↑ "Horses: Addressing the issues of welfare". Farming Independent. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "UCD – People". University College Dublin. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. ↑ Devitt; Hanlon; Kelly; et al. "Challenges and Solutions to Supporting Farm Animal Welfare in Ireland: Responding to the Human Element". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Hewson, Caroline J.; Baranyiová, Eva; Broom, Donald M.; Cockram, Michael S.; Galindo, Francisco; Hanlon, Alison J.; Hänninen, Laura; Lexer, Daniela; Mellor, David J.; Molento, Carla F. M.; Ödberg, Frank O.; Serpell, James A.; Sisto, Anne Maria; Stafford, Kevin J.; Stookey, Joseph M.; Waldau, Paul (9 September 2015). "Approaches to Teaching Animal Welfare at 13 Veterinary Schools Worldwide". Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 32 (4): 422–437. doi: 10.3138/jvme.32.4.422 . PMID   16421823. S2CID   32732056.
  5. ↑ "Dr Alison Hanlon appointed as ECAWBM Associate Member". UCD School of Veterinary Medicine. UCD. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine. "Membership – Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine". www.agriculture.gov.ie.
  7. ↑ "Members – FAWAC". www.fawac.ie.
  8. ↑ "Certificate in Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law (CAWEL) – Professionals". www.rcvs.org.uk.
  9. ↑ "Alison Hanlon | University College Dublin - Academia.edu". ucd.academia.edu.
  10. ↑ "EU Reference Centres for animal welfare".
  11. ↑ "EUR-Lex - 32021D0755 - EN - EUR-Lex".
  12. ↑ "Harry Blokhuis".
  13. ↑ McSweeney, Ella. "We need to talk about cow welfare: what does the science say?". The Irish Times.
  14. ↑ "Animal behaviour should be a core subject in vet school, say researchers". 13 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Awardees". Irish Research Council.
  16. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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