Great article about pioneer of the HAI field @sandra_mccune! I love the advice to others:. "Seize opportunities that come to you, take people with you, stay curious, watch your animals closely . and keep talking to and learning from anyone who shares your passion for animals".

RT @DomLabVienna: 🚨🚨PhD position alert!! 🚨🚨We are looking for a doctoral student to carry out behavioural research on acoustic and visual c….

New RCT finds that seizure response dogs reduce seizure frequency, increase the number of seizure-free days, and improve the quality of life of adults with medically refractory epilepsy.

Good boy, Beacon!.

This was so fun! Thanks #ISAZ2024!.

Excited to be at #ISAZ2024!

For military veterans with PTSD, service dogs are more than just pets - they can provide lifesaving, clinically meaningful benefits. Check out our article in @ConversationUS to learn more:. #Veterans #PTSD #ServiceDogs.

Counter-acting the "black dog bias", new study finds that people actually have a bias towards, rather than against, a black courthouse facility dog when pictured with a testifying witness (compared to a white dog or no dog). @AnthrozoosJ #facilitydogs.

So proud to finally share this with the world! @OHAIRElab @k9sforwarriors . "First NIH-funded clinical trial shows service dogs lower severity of PTSD symptoms in Veterans".

RT @uarizona: A new study finds that veterans paired with service dogs may be as much as 66% less likely to be diagnosed with post-traumati….

RT @BillMcCabe_: Big announcement today!. A first of its kind study funded by @NIH is now published in @JAMANetworkOpen that was conducted….

We're so grateful to @k9sforwarriors for allowing us to research outcomes from their program, and for our funders who made this work possible- @NICHD_NIH @NIH_NCCIH @IndianaCTSI @petcolove @MerrickPetCare @NewmansOwnFdn. And of course, to the veterans and doggos! 🇺🇸🐕‍🦺🪖🎖️.

Next up from us at @UAZVetMed: bigger RCT with long-term follow-up and multiple service dog providers (@NIH R01: , and research on whether service dogs can enhance existing evidence-based therapy for #PTSD (soon to start @DeptofDefense grant).

In fact, we found that compared to the waitlist, veterans paired with service dogs had 66% lower odds of a PTSD diagnosis after 3mo (controlling for demographic and clinical variables).

We found that after 3 months, #servicedog partnership was associated with medium to large improvements in most areas of veterans' wellbeing, including self-reported and clinician-rated PTSD symptom severity, anxiety and depression, and quality of life.

‼️ Hot off the press! ‼️. So excited to share the results of our @OHAIRElab R21 non-randomized clinical trial establishing preliminary efficacy of psychiatric #servicedogs for military #veterans with #PTSD, published today in JAMA:

I am so fascinated by the social experiment that is human-to-human interactions at dog parks. .

I am beyond honored to have received the ISAZ 2024 Early Career Award, following in the footsteps of badasses Maggie O'Haire, Carri Westgarth, Karin Hediger, and Megan Mueller👏Big shoes to fill! . Excited to see everyone at #ISAZ2024 🇬🇧.

When the editing comments end up in the final manuscript 😝 It's the little things.

Fascinating new article by the amazing @carlzimmer discussing new findings from @pratyusha_PS and @ProjectCETI on coda ‘alphabets’ in Sperm Whale songs.