Title
Vice President International
Institution / Organization
National University of Ireland, Galway
Bio
Professor Becky Whay took up the role of Vice-President: International at NUI Galway in Summer 2019. She is also a Professor of Animal Welfare and Behaviour at NUI Galway. Before coming to Galway, Professor Becky Whay has been working and researching for over 20 years at the University of Bristol. She has been Director of Internationalisation for the Faculty of Health Sciences, which is a large, research intensive Faculty supporting the University’s Medical, Dental and Veterinary Schools. Under Becky’s directorship the Faculty has grown its international student population, increased the levels of international research collaboration and seen significant growth in international institutional partnerships. At the same time, she has shared the Head of School responsibilities for Bristol Veterinary School. Becky has an international reputation for her research into dairy cattle and working equine welfare and works in areas of the world where human animal interdependency is critical to family livelihoods. She was the inaugural President of the International Society for the Study of Lameness in Ruminants and has Chaired the Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law Veterinary Association. In 2015, she was recipient of the CEVA Farm Animal Welfare of the Year award.