Emeritus Professor Jacquie Rand

BVSc, DVSc, MANZCVS, DipACVIM (Int Med) Executive Director & Chief Scientist, Australian Pet Welfare Foundation, Emeritus Professor of Companion Animal Health, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland.

Emeritus Professor Rand graduated with a Bachelor of Veterinary Science from Melbourne University in 1975, and worked in veterinary practice for 8 years before doing a residency and doctorate at the Ontario Veterinary College, Canada, followed by 3 years as a senior registrar at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. She is a registered specialist in small animal internal medicine and a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Medicine.

She was appointed Professor of Companion Animal Health at UQ in 2001 and retired at the end of 2015 to head the Australian Pet Welfare Foundation, which is dedicated to saving pets’ lives through research, education, and advocacy.  She has published over 117 journal articles, authored 43 book chapters, and is the author or editor of three books.  While at UQ she taught Urban Animal Management and since 2013 has co-authored 21 peer-reviewed articles on the management of urban domestic animals, including seven related to semi-owned and unowned cats. She is also the author of government reports and discussion papers on the management of urban dogs and cats, and consults with local governments on urban cat management.

Currently, she is involved in research programs in shelter medicine aimed at preventing unwanted and problem pets, as well as ongoing research in diabetes and obesity.

Jacquie has two cats called Ned and Madeline and two senior Labradoodles called Basil and Otis.