STUDENT AWARDS for ISAZ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Only ISAZ student members are eligible to compete. To participate in the competition, you must check the following information on the abstract submission form:
Best Student Presentation (Oral or Poster)
Is this abstract to be considered for Best Student Presentation (Oral or Poster). (To be eligible for the competition, the work must represent independent work done as a student, the individual must be the first (presenting) author, and they must be a paid student member at the time of the conference)
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Oral Presentation:
Carmen Glanville

University of Melbourne, Australia
Title: Animal cruelty and neglect in Victoria, Australia: prevalence, reporting, and community attitudes
Flash Presentation:
Rahel Marti

University of Basel, Switzerland
Title: Effect of the presence and contact of a dog on the neuronal activity of healthy persons
Poster Presentations:
Clare Jensen

Purdue University, USA
Title: Role of the Human-Animal Bond Between Facility Dogs and Pediatric Healthcare Professionals
Jennifer Applebaum

University of Florida, USA
Title: Emotional Reliance on Pets: Effects of Mental Health Stigma, Mental Illness Diagnosis, and Consideration of Relationship Quality Amongst a National Sample of U.S. Pet Owners
2019
Oral Presentation:
Meggie Callahan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada
Title: Perceptions of Animal Abilities: Smarts, Sensitivity, or Something Else?
Poster Presentation:
Molly Sumridge
Canisius College, USA
Title: Owner-Reported Attachment and Behavior Characteristics of New Guinea Singing Dogs Living as Companion Animals
2018
Oral Presentation:
Megan LaFollette
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Title: PTSD service dogs: associations between training techniques, service dog behaviours, and human–animal bond.
Poster Presentation:
Rachel Yerbury
Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Title: Human-dolphin interactions: Relationships, connections and the reinforcement of an ongoing nature relationship.
2017
Oral Presentation:
Molly Crossman
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Title: The dog person scale: development and validation
Poster Presentation:
Stephanie Roeter
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States
Title: Evidence to action: integrating empirical evidence into a family-level equine assisted learning program
2016
Oral Presentation:
Lisa Gunter
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States
Title: Purebreds are like Unicorns: Understanding the Breed Ancestry of Shelter Dogs & the Influence of Breed labels on Potential Adopter Perception
Poster Presentation:
Sara Owczarczak-Garstecka
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Title: Using YouTube to study dog bites. Analysis of context and perception of risk
2015
Oral Presentation:
Paula Calvo
Affinity Foundation Animals and Health Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine University of Barcelona Barcelona, Spain
Title: Attitudes towards animals: a population-based study (N=2500)
Poster Presentation:
Béatrice Auger
University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada
Title: Extending the pet as ambassadors hypothesis
2014
Oral Presentation:
Lisa Wallis
Clever Dog Lab, Messerli Research Institute, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
Title: Dogs can follow human gaze despite training to maintain eye contact
Poster Presentation:
Verena Ziemen
Human-Animal Relationships Research Group, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Title: Adopted street dogs: owner and dog personality and relationship
2013
Oral Presentation:
Zenithson Ng
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia
Title: The effect of dog-human interaction on cortisol and behavior in registered animal-assisted activity dogs
Poster Presentation:
Heather J. Svoboda
College of Arts & Sciences, Canisius College, USA
Title: A novel, empirical test of black dog syndrome