Melissa Bain, DVM, DACVB, MS, DACAW

I am currently Professor of Clinical Animal Behavior, as well as Director of Professional Student Clinical Education, at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. I am board-certified in both veterinary behavior (2001) and veterinary welfare (2014). I received my DVM from the University of Illinois in 1994, and then worked in a small animal exclusive veterinary practice in the Chicago suburbs for 1 1/2 years, as well as a mixed animal veterinary practice in rural Wisconsin for 2 1/2 years. In 2007, I completed a Master’s degree in advanced clinical research from the UC Davis School of Medicine. I am a past president of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists and the American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior. In 2016 I was honored to receive the Bustad Award for Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year. My responsibilities include student and resident education, clinical case management, and research. My areas of research focus have been clinical domestic animal behavior problems and human-animal bond issues, including research on dog-parks and the effects of different training methods on the behavior of dogs.