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Welfare, Training & Ripples in Animal Medical Research {past, present & future}


About the class;

Building on a super well received presentation at this year’s CHATTcon (Convergence of Human & Animal training & technology conference) Autumn is kindly merging her talk here with a few other presentations … & she will be bringing this to the ATA membership community to cover the points below (from the perspective of using Animal Behavior and Welfare Science in a Neuroscience lab at Neuralink):
  • A Brief History in Medical Research
  • Challenging the system with science
  • Animal training as the game changer
  • Why we need more professional trainers and subject matter experts (i.e. you) to bring choice and control into this industry

This is going to be AWESOME

About Autumn Sorrells;

Like many young folks who love animals, Autumn set her sights on a career where she could spend her days interacting with the fascinating creatures of our planet. Vet medicine and agricultural production seemed to be the only career opportunities available at the time so she started a path towards vet school. However, once she had the chance to work in a vet school prior to applying, she recognized that her passion for progressive animal welfare refinement was beyond what the school was able to satisfy.

She then opted to study animal welfare and behavior as a grad student at Purdue University. Following school, she spent 17 years leading a behavior and husbandry program in a medical research facility, where she could apply her understanding of asking animals questions about their environments. After experiencing compassion fatigue, she went on to work with learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder and obtained a certification as an Autism Specialist. Here she was able to make sense of her years in animal training with the foundations of behavior analysis. Now Autumn is directing the animal care program at Elon Musk’s neuro tech company, Neuralink. Her goal is to transform animal medical research into a space that more resembles our human experience in voluntary participation of research studies.

  • CLICK HERE to listen to ATA Podcast Episode; Animal welfare in medical research; Part 1 with Autumn Sorrells
  • CLICK HERE to listen to ATA Podcast Episode; Animal welfare in medical research; Part 2 with Autumn Sorrells

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