Speaker bio page for Matt Leach
Matt Leach
Member of Pain & Animal Welfare Science (PAWS) Group
Bio
Matt is member of the Pain and Animal Welfare Science (PAWS) group at Newcastle University and is based in the School of Natural & Environmental Science. Matt's research predominately focuses the assessment and alleviation of pain in laboratory, companion and farm animal species. Matt has directly developed two pen-side means of assessing pain in rabbits; the Rabbit Grimace Scale and the Rabbit Pain Behaviour Scale. Matt provides workshop on pain assessment and alleviation to veterinary practitioners across the UK and internationally.