FREE LECTURE: Food and Agriculture Lecture

This seminar will be presented in the context of Professor Tilbrook’s role as the Deputy Director of the Animal Welfare Science Centre (AWSC). The AWSC is recognised nationally and internationally for its leadership and contribution to animal welfare through research, teaching and training. Currently, the AWSC comprises four partners: The University of Melbourne, The Department of Primary Industries, Victoria, Monash University and Ohio State University (USA). There are various program areas of research in the AWSC. Prof Tilbrook’s research focuses on neuroendocrine responses to stress, particularly the hypothalamo-pituitary adrenal axis, and how brain and pituitary responses to stress are influenced by physiological state. His research also considers how these responses impact physiology and behaviour that affect the well-being of the animal. This has included investigation of the impact of glucocorticoids on reproduction.