About

Louisa graduated from the University of Melbourne Vet School in 2001, and has worked in small animal practice in both Australia and Hong Kong. She is an ANZCVS member in Small Animal Medicine and has both mentored and examined candidates for this chapter.

Louisa has a Cert IV in Training and Assessment and is experienced with developing and delivering adult education content, having previously been employed with Open Colleges in delivering the Cert IV in Veterinary Nursing course, teaching Workplace Health and Safety and other subjects. During her veterinary career she has worked in health and safety roles within clinics, and also previously assisted with an Australian Veterinary Association safety project in 2017.

In 2023, Louisa completed a Masters of Occupational Health and Safety with Curtin University. She completed a research dissertation titled ‘Frequency of workplace incidents and injuries in veterinarians, veterinary nurses and veterinary students and measures to control these’ which was published in the Australian Veterinary Journal. Louisa has also undertaken a collaboration with Dr Kelly Johnstone from The University of Queensland looking at the isoflurane exposure levels experienced by veterinary staff undertaking anaesthetic work and is currently undertaking a PhD assessing the hazard of occupational noise in the companion animal veterinary sector.

Louisa is a member of the Australian Veterinary Association, Australian Institute of Health and Safety and Australian Institute of Occupational Hygiene.

Louisa enjoys engaging with veterinary organisations to improve their health and safety policies, resources and training, and therefore contribute to better health and safety outcomes for their teams.