Current Research Projects

• Several international collaborative projects in equitation science including the significance of whorls, the effects of martingales, the development of temperament tests and the functional significance of equine paedomorphosis.
• An commissioned textbook: “An Introduction to Equitation Science” (Wiley-Blackwell) –being co-written with Dr Andrew McLean.
• Development of online reporting and surveillance of inherited disorders in companion animals.
• Risk factors of separation related distress and aggression in dogs.
• The neuroscience of aggression in dogs.
• Applied learning theory in horses.
• Behavioural/welfare canine.
• Quality of life in companion animals.
• Natural History of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction - Canine Sand Maze Validation.
• The functional significance of motor laterality in dogs.
• Development of assisted reproductive technology for the Tasmanian Devil.