Behavior Medicine and Animal Welfare Club at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Chapter Description
This group is for veterinary students at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and focuses on behavioral medicine and animal welfare. We believe that behavior is an important part of veterinary medicine and hope to encourage interest and awareness in our fellow students. We aim to help further the education of students interested in animal behavior and welfare through a variety of guest speakers and wet labs, ranging from canine cognition to positive reinforcement training in primates to clicker training chickens.
Chapter Information
President: Sarah Meil
President Email: sfmeil@ucdavis.edu
Advisor: Dr. Melissa Bain
Advisor Email: mjbain@ucdavis.edu
Advisor Phone: 530-754-7555
Address: Behavior Medicine and Animal Welfare Club Center for Student Involvement , Box #VET University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, California 95616-8706
Chapter Officers
President, Anwesha Mukherji, abmukherji@ucdavis.edu. Treasurer, Dhanisha Patel, dhapatel@ucdavis.edu. Events coordinator, Winnie Diep, wdiep@ucdavis.edu. Secretary, Kelly Salvador, kssalvador@ucdavis.edu.
Chapter Activities
2025-2026 Planned Activities: - 8/26/2025: Joint Club Introduction Lunch Talk with the Student Society for Veterinary Medical Ethics at UC Davis SVM - 10/7/2025: California National Primate Research Center Behavior Unit field trip - 4/6/2026: Veterinary Forensics with the ASPCA