OneWelPig Consortium
Principle Investigator
Dr. Laura Boyle
Lead/contributor: Tasks 2, 6, 8, 10
Email: laura.boyle@teagasc.ie
Website: Laura Boyle
Laura Boyle, Ph.D., is a Principal Research Officer at Teagasc, with nearly 30 years experience in farm animal welfare science. She is President of the EAAP Health and Welfare Commission, Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Veterinary Science’s Animal Behavior and Welfare section, and an adjunct professor at UCD. Her research focuses on animal health-welfare links, sustainability, and One Welfare in agroecological systems. She has published 150 peer-reviewed papers and supervised 20 PhD students.
Co-ordinator
Dr. Keelin O’Driscoll
Main research focus is to investigate novel and emerging management strategies which can improve the welfare of pigs, and thus the sustainability of the Irish pig sector. Since 2014 I have managed a research programme in the area of tail biting, primarily with regard to identifying environmental enrichment options for slatted systems.
Lead/contributor: Tasks 2, 6, 8, 10
Email: keelin.odriscoll@teagasc.ie
Website: Keelin O’Driscoll
Dr. Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
Edgar is Head of Department and a researcher in the Teagasc Pig Development Department. He is currently working on strategies to reduce AMU, and general improvement of biosecurity
Lead/contributor: Task 3
Email: Edgar.GarciaManzanilla@teagasc.ie
Website: Edgar Manzanilla
Dr. Ruth Hamill
Email: Ruth.Hamill@teagasc.ie
Website: Ruth Hamill
Dr. Daire O’hUallacháin
Daire Ó hUallacháin is a researcher working with Teagasc, Environment Research Centre at Johnstown Castle, Wexford. His research interests include sustainable agriculture; terrestrial and freshwater ecology; water quality and sediment dynamics.
Lead/contributor: Tasks 2 and 6
Email: Daire.OHuallachain@teagasc.ie
Website: Daire O hUallacháin
Dr. Amy Quinn
Email: Amy.Quinn@teagasc.ie
Website: Amy Quinn
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Prof Ilias Kyriazakis
Ilias Kyriazakis is Professor of Animal Science at the Institute for Global Food Security of Queen’s University Belfast. He works across livestock species, wit the aim of development management systems that reduce their environmental impact, whilst maintaining animal health and welfare.
Lead/contributor: Task 9
Email: I.Kyriazakis@qub.ac.uk
Website: Ilias Kyriazakis
Dr. Grace Carroll
Grace Carroll is a lecturer in Animal Behaviour and Welfare at the School of Psychology, Queens University Belfast.
Grace’s research interests include farm animal welfare and the use of human behaviour change and other psychology-related frameworks for improving animal welfare.
Lead/contributor: Task 4
Email: g.carroll@qub.ac.uk
Website: Grace Carroll
Prof Siobhan Mullan
Siobhan Mullan completed her PhD in developing valid animal-based assessments for use in farm assurance schemes for pigs and has continued to have a research focus on utilising a variety of initiatives to drive large scale welfare improvements in a range of species.
Lead/contributor: Task 1,7
Email: siobhan.mullan@ucd.ie
Website: Siobhan Mullan
Prof Alison Hanlon
Alison Hanlon is a Professor at UCD specialising in animal welfare science. With over 150 publications, her research drives animal welfare policy through data-led insights and “One Welfare” stakeholder engagement. Her expertise extends across species, including pig welfare. As a partner in EURCAW Ruminants & Equines and a member of national committees, she bridges the gap between science and practice.
Lead/contributor: Task 1
Website: Alison Hanlon
Dr Brian Leonard
Brian Leonard is Assistant Professor in Agricultural and Food Economics in the UCD School of Agriculture & Food Science. His research interests include farm succession and inheritance, farm diversification, and rural development. Brian completed his PhD under the Teagasc Walsh Scholarship program at the Teagasc Rural Economy Research Centre Athenry and the University of Galway. Prior to this he was awarded an MA in Rural Sustainability and a BA in Geography/Sociology and Politics.
Lead/contributor: Task 7
Email: brian.leonard@ucd.ie
Website: Brian Leonard
Dr. Lucie Adenaeuer
Current research focuses on environmental and economic impacts of potential mitigation and carbon sequestration policies on the Agriculture and Food sector. Research addresses pathways to reducing agricultural Greenhouse Gas emissions through the application of quantitative methods and modelling at regional level.
Email: lucie.adenauer@uni-bonn.de
Dr. Rodrigo Olave
Main research focus is to investigate agro-forestry systems and forest genetics with an emphasis on quantifying the impact of management practices on ecosystem functioning and climate change mitigation strategies to include GHG dynamics and global warming potential as well as ecosystem service provision.
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Environment & Marine Sciences Division
Lead/contributor: Task 5
Email: rodrigo.olave@afbini.gov.uk
Dr. Stephanie Buijs
Stephanie Buijs is the head of the animal welfare unit at AFBI’s livestock production sciences branch. She studies a wide variety of aspects of animal welfare in several farm animal species. Her pig-related work focuses on the causes and consequences of social and exploratory behaviour, and the environment we need to offer pigs to satisfy their behavioural needs.
Lead/contributor: Tasks 5, 8
Email: stephanie.buijs@afbini.gov.uk
Dr Fidelma Butler
Fidelma Butler is an ecologist with experience in applied ecological issues ranging from road infrastructure, forestry and agriculture, invasive species to native species conservation.
Associated researchers
James Wangui
Queen’s University Belfast
Tasks: 4,9
Melissa Cupido
Teagasc
Task: 8
Ophelie Menant
Teagasc
Tasks: 2,3,6
Mika Shin
University College Dublin
Task: 7
Nipuna Senanayake
Teagasc
Tasks: 2,6
Oscar Amponsah
Teagasc
Tasks: 5,6,8
Heather Maggs
University College Dublin
Task: 1
Nicola Mitchell
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Tasks: 5,8
Richard Mott
Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Task: 8