Westgarth Anthrozoology Group

@dogg8co just interviewed at @Crufts for the @TheKennelClubUK podcast and spoke about the benefits of being part of the Merseyside Dog Safety Partnership thekennelclub.cre8media.net/1073239/episod…

Tilly wants you to know "Last chance to apply for this PhD studentship to study the impact of CATS on owner wellbeing. MEEEOW!" Closes this sunday! #CatsOfTwitter findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

🔉 Exciting PhD studentship opportunities! 🔉 1/3 Are you passionate about the unique bond between pets and their owners? 😺 🐶 🐰 🐹 We’re offering funded PhD studentships for research in this fascinating field with @WAGLabLiv #PhD

Under 2 weeks left to apply for @LivUni_IVES fantastic PhD opportunity to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing, in collaboration with the great @WoodgreenPets findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

We are very excited to be collaborating with @waltham_science to investigate the impact of the cat-owner relationship on owner wellbeing. We are looking for a PhD student to join us in @LivUni_IVES and you can find out more here.... findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

We are still looking for a PhD student to join us in @LivUni_IVES to investigate the impact of small furry pet ownership, in collaboration with @WoodgreenPets and funded by @HABRITweets findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

@LivUni_IVES @HelenClough9 @Habri @LivUni @HABRITweets @livuninews @LivUniHLS @HABRITweets

NEWS | Professor Carri Westgarth (@WAGLabLiv), Dr Helen Clough (@HelenClough9) and team have been awarded a grant from the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (@HABRI) to examine how adopting small animals impacts our wellbeing ➡️bit.ly/4heKsmT #TeamLivUni

3rd paper is out! Thanks to @PetSavers_UK for funding this @WAGLabLiv study in @LivUni_IVES . Here Jodie used electronic health records to identify when vets start using words related to old and ageing dogs and classify conditions being discussed. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/12/12/whe…

It was Prof Westgarth’s pleasure last week to examine the PhD thesis of Shona Bloodworth @LivUni_IVES : "A mixed methods approach to quantifying and describing vaccine uptake and vaccine hesitancy in UK companion animals." Congratulations Dr Bloodworth!

With a few exceptions, a large longitudinal study finds surprisingly little evidence of positive associations between pet ownership and child development. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal… @WAGLabLiv @PsychToday

You can buy Prof Westgarth's "Dog Bites: A multidisciplinary perspective" at half price today only! Bargain as RRP over £50

There is an informative webinar by @The_Blue_Cross about how to protect your @RoyalMail postie from dog bites. Dec 16th 6pm book here zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Last few days to apply for our exciting new research project funded by @HABRIcentral and in collaboration with @WoodgreenPets. Let's give the cutey small furry pets some well-deserved research attention! Thanks to Woodgreen for the pic. findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

Great blog post about our most recent study

Don't forget to apply for our new funded PhD opportunity here at @LivUni_IVES to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing. Kindly funded by @HABRITweets and collaboration with @WoodgreenPets. Deadline Sun 24th Nov findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

A reminder that the clock is ticking on time to apply for our super new PhD training opportunity.

EXCITED!! New funded PhD opportunity here at @LivUni_IVES (Home UK students only, full-time and in-person) to investigate the impact of small furry pets on owner wellbeing. Kindly funded by @HABRITweets and collaboration with @WoodgreenPets (credit pic) findaphd.com/phds/project/r…

This week Prof Westgarth was in Belfast Stormont Parliament Building speaking at @CCDogRescue conference about Merseyside Dog Safety Partnership collaborations working together for animal welfare and human health.

Link to paper bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

New paper alert! Are pets good for our kids? We spoke to @waltham_science who funded the @LivUni_IVES study about what we found out about childhood developmental outcomes and pet ownership in the @CO90s dataset. Published in @BioMedCentral Pediatrics waltham.com/child-developm…