Prof. Takashi UEMURA

1940

Born in Osaka.

1963

Graduated from the Department of Veterinary Science, School of Agriculture, Osaka Prefecture University. After graduating he read Veterinary Microbiology at Post-Graduate school after which he worked as an assistant in a Veterinary Public Health Laboratory. Later he became a lecturer, Associate Professor then Professor until retirement. During that time, he was Guest Researcher at the University of California Davis and also at Norwegian　Food　Research Laboretories.

Special Fields:
Food-borne infection and intoxication
Veterinary Epidemiology (control of zoonosis)
Veterinary Public Health (co-existence of human and animals)

Academic Activities:
Board Director / Councilor for several societies and associations including
The Japanese Society of Veterinary Public Health
(Past: Vice Chair for 3 years, Chair for 6 years.)
The Food Hygienic Society of Japan and others.

Current:
Professor Emeritus, Osaka Prefecture University
Professor, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Shijonawate Gakuen University
Visiting Professor, (Human-Animal Bond), Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University
Visiting Professor, Stamford University Bangladesh

Social Activities (Past):
Member, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veterinary Medicine, Inquiry Commission - 3 terms (up until 2004)
Member of various local authorities incl. Osaka Prefecture Inquiry Commission, etc.

Current:
Ministry of Justice, Probation Officer
Chair, Osaka Prefecture, Committee for Combating Animal-Derived Disease
Member, Higashi-Osaka City, Committee to Combating Animal-Derived Disease
Member, Hyogo Prefecture, Food Safety and Good Diet Education Committee
Others

Awards & Recognition:
1980 The Food Hygienics Society of Japan, Encouragement Prize
Morinaga Service Award
2001 Ministry of General Affairs Award
2002 Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Award
2008 Japan Veterinary Medical Association Promotion Award, (Veterinary Public Health)
2009 Ministry of Justice Award

Others

Dr. Hiroko SHIBANAI

Profile
1959 Graduated Nihon University
Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Researcher in Department’s related Domestic Animals Hospital until 1961
1961 Isotope Laboratory Assistant in the above organization until 1963
1963 Founded Akasaka Animal Hospital, assumed Directorship
1985 4th President of the Japan Animal Hospital Association (JAHA)
1987 1st Committee Chair of the Japanese Animal Hospital Association (JAHA)
CAPP (Companion Animal Partnership Program)
1993 Founding member and Supervisor (Education Wing),
Nagano Prefecture Animal Care Protection Centre
1996 Committee Member, Dog Registrations Project,
Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare
1999 Committee Member, Living with Pets Committee,
Urban Development Corporation (Tokyo branch)
2000 Committee Member, Considering Life with Pets Committee,
Urban Development Corporation (Headquarters)
Board Member, NPO Japan Assistance Dog Academy
2002 Committee Member, Basic Policies Committee,
Niigata Prefecture Animal Care Facility
2003 -Drafting Team Member, Trainers for Assistance Dogs Training Curriculum,
Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare.
-Committee Member, Preparatory Committee on Authorization Laws for Rearing Service Dogs, Ministry of Health, Labour & Welfare.
-Committee Member, Public Housing Permitting Pets Research Committee,
Urban Development Corporation
2004 Infrastructure Organizing Member, Shimonoseki Animal Care Centre

Current Posts
01) Director, Akasaka Animal Hospital
02) Advisor, Japanese Animal Hospital Association (JAHA)
03) Member, CAPP Jury for Certifying Animals (JAHA)
04) Member, Board of Directors, Japanese Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA)
05) Inspector, Japan Hearing Dog Association
06) Assistant Director, NPO, Japan's Humane Animal Bond Society
07) Board Member, Society for the Study of Human Animal Relations
08) Committee Member, Sendai City Animal Care Convention (Association)
09) Advisor, Societe Franco-Japonaise des Science Veterinaires
10) Board Member, Japanese Society of Service Dog Research (JSSDR)

Publications (in Japanese)
NHK Publishing: ‘Shumi Hyakka (Hobbies)’ How to Keep Good Company with Dogs
NHK Publishing: Textbooks - “Cats are Friendly” and “Life with a Dog”
Kodansha Ltd.: “How to Rear and Discipline Dogs from now on”
Natsumesha Co., Ltd: “A Book for Understanding Dog Feelings” (Supervision)
Takahashi Shoten Co., Ltd: “How to discipline a new dog” and “A Puppy is Coming”, etc
Kodansha Ltd.: “Big Mystery about Cats”, etc.
Iwanami Shoten Publishers: Iwanami Booklet #568 “Living with Cats and Dogs in Cities”
Gakken: “My Dog is Motivated! New Carefree Discipline”,
　　　　　 “Solving All Your Dog’s Nuisance Habits, 150 Ways to Discipline in 100 Case Studies”.
Interzoo Publishing Co., Ltd.: “Doctor’s Advice Manual on Dog Diseases“
America Pet Food Association: “Let’s Be Friends with Dogs”
Chiyoda-Ku: Guidebook for Living with Animals “Living Happily with Pets” (Supervision)

Ms. Keiko YAMAZAKI

born March 1st 1954.
Graduated from the International Christian University, Department of Humanities.
Executive Board Member, Association for the Promotion of Canine Good Citizens.
Executive Board Member, Japanese Service Dog Resource Academy.
Master Instructor, Delta Society.
Founder, Companion Animal Study Group ‘Go’.
AAT Coordinator, Yamazaki Psychiatric Hospital.

Publications:
‘Pet ga Genki wo Tsuretekuru’ (Pets Bring You Health)
[Kodansha Ltd.]
‘Pet no Shiawase Wagayaga Ichiban’ (Pet’s Happiness ? Home is the Best) [Aoki Books]
‘Pet no Shi ? Sonotoki Anatawa’ (Death of a Pet ? How do you Cope?) (published jointly) [Sanseido Co., Ltd.]
‘Animal Therapy Coordinator tenandaro?’ (What is an Animal Therapy Coordinator?) [WeNet]

Translations:
‘Dog’s Mind’ Bruce Fogle
‘Cat’s Mind’ Bruce Fogle
‘Calming Signals’ Turid Rugaas
‘Dog and Dolphin’ Karen Pryor
and many others.

Dr. Becky RHOADES, DVM

Executive Director
Kauai Humane Society
PO Box 3330 Lihue, HI

Dr. Becky is the executive director of the Kauai Humane Society. She oversees twenty-eight staff and dozens of volunteers to provide animal management services for the County of Kauai, a public spay/neuter clinic, private pet boarding and quarantine services, Freddie’s Off Leash dog park, a Lihue thrift store and the sheltering of over 6,000 animals annually.

Dr. Becky began her work in the animal care field in the late 1970’s as a humane officer in Colorado and later attended veterinary school there. After practicing veterinary medicine primarily on horses for six years on Oahu, she returned to shelter work with Hawaiian Humane Society in 1992 as their director of operations. In 1999, Dr. Becky worked a brief tenure as director for Palm Beach County Animal Care and Control in Florida.

She returned to the islands in 2001 and has been leading the Kauai Humane Society and also assisting with national animal welfare efforts as a board member and chairperson of the disaster committee for SAWA, The Society for Animal Welfare Administrators. Dr. Becky also is chairperson for the State Board of Veterinary Examiners and a board member of Kauai Planning and Action Alliance.

Dr. Masaru SATO

Born: Jan 25, 1956
Place of Birth: Kumamoto Prefecture

Academic Profile
1974 Apr. Entered Dept. of Veterinary Medicine,
　　　　　　 School of Agricultural Veterinary Medicine,
　　　　　　 Nippon Veterinary and Life Sciences University
1978 Mar. Graduated from Nippon Veterinary and Life Sciences University
1984 May Entered School of Internal Medicine as a trainee,
　　　　　　　Nippon Veterinary and Life Sciences University
1985 Apr. Completed training

Career Profile
1978 Apr. Kawamura Animal Hospital (Kita-ku)
1984 Mar. Left the above
1985 May Founded Satoh Veterinary Clinic (current address)

Positions
Director, Satoh Veterinary Clinic
Member, Tokyo Prefectural Animal-derived Infectious Diseases Research Committee
Representative, Zoonosis Study Group
Board Member, Japanese Society of Veterinary Cardiology (JSVC)
Guest Researcher, Dept. of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Disease (NIID)
Board Member, Japanese Society of Animal Nursing
Vice-Board Chairperson, NPO ANICE (Animal Navigation in Case of Emergency)
President, Rabies Clinical Pathology Research Group
(Short Term only)
Member, Quarantine System Consideration Committee (from Mar. 2004-)

More Information about:
The Japan Society of Clinical Study for Rabies
Founded: Dec 3rd, 2007
Purpose: Edification of rabies prevention, creation of teaching materials to improve
　　　　　　clinical diagnosis, rabies-related technologies, etc

Activities:
-Re-issue “Tokyo Rabies Prevalence” publication by Hideto UEKI
-Digitalization of 16mm films about rabies
-Start of joint-research with Thailand Red Cross Research Institute (QSMI)
(Filming/recording of rabid animal cases and educational video production)

Advisors:
-Nobuyuki MINAMOTO, Hon.Prof. Gifu University
-Naohide TAKAYAMA, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer & Infectious Diseases Center
　Komagome Hospital Pediatrics
-Satoshi INOUE, National Institute of Infectious Disease (NIID), Chief of Veterinary
　Science Dept.
-Veera TEPSUMETHANON, Head of the Rabies Diagnosis Dept., Thailand Red Cross
　Research Institute

Dr. Yoshikazu UENO

He got Ph.D. degree from Kyoto University on 1993. After that, he taught animal behaviour, animal welfare, animal ethics in Hokkaido Univeristy and Kyoto University. On 2007, he got a new position in Higashiyama zoo and botanical gardens as a joint corrdinator to progress the renovation project of them. This project must be going to became not only renewal of Higashiyama zoo and botanical gardens but also a great step for Japanese zoos. Because this means Japanese zoo will cange from amusement institute to cultural/educational institute.

Prof. Georgia MASON Ph.D. ,

University of Guelph; Animal Sciences

Mr. Tetsuya SUZUKI　

Born in 1975
From 1995, he began work as a zookeeper at Nagoya Higashiyama Zoo
From 1999, appointed to take charge of African elephant care
Mr. Suzuki has received a ‘Fighting Spirit Award’ (‘Enrichment Grand Prize’) organized by NPO Citizens’ Zoo Network.

1987 Completed doctorate, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,
　　　 Tohoku University
1980-1994 Assistant / Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture,
　　　　　　　 University of Miyazaki
1994-2002 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science,
　　　　　　　 Tohoku University
2002-2005 General Manager of Grazing Management, National Institute of
　　　　　　　 Livestock and Grassland Science, National Agriculture and
　　　　　　　 Food Research Organization
2005-present Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
2002-2006 Chairperson, Japanese Society for Applied Animal Behavior
2005 Committee Chairperson, Organizing Committee, The 39th International
　　　 Congress of International Society for Applied Ethology
2005-present Member, Animal welfare related meetings (various),
　　　　Japan Livestock Technology Association

Publications:
1995 ‘Ethograms of Farm Animals’,
　　　　Joint editor / Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.
2005 ‘Animal Welfare’
　　　　Author / University of Tokyo Press
2009 ‘Human-Animal Relationship Studies, Vol.2, Culture of Domestic Animals’
　　　　Joint author / Iwanami Shoten Publishers
2009 ‘Science of Consideration to Animals’
　　　　Joint supervisor and editor / Chikusan Publishing

Ms. Miranda LUCK

International Animal Welfare Consultant
Lead Trainer on Shelter Management for RSPCA International
Miranda qualified as a veterinary nurse (1994) and went on to study animal behaviour, kennel management (Dip.Hons) and pet nutrition. She subsequently trained and qualified as an assessor and verifier for those working towards a National Vocational Qualification in veterinary nursing or animal care.

Miranda is a highly experienced staff nurse, theatre sister, private veterinary practice manager and animal rehoming centre manager. The animal rehoming centre she managed, cared for up to 250 animals on a daily basis and was one of a number of RSPCA establishments responsible for the successful rehoming of over 87,000 animals in 2007.

Miranda left the RSPCA to set up her own animal welfare consultancy business in 2008. She has worked in Spain, Portugal, Latvia, Costa Rica, the USA, Australasia and the Middle East providing expert advice on shelter management whilst gaining further experience and knowledge within different cultures and economies.

Miranda is a registered nurse with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, a member of the British Small Animal Veterinary Association and an accredited member of the Institute of Animal Care & Education UK.
She is based in Surrey, UK and shares her life with three dogs, two cats, a cockatoo and a very supportive husband.

Ms. Pamela BURNS

President and CEO
Hawaiian Humane Society

Pamela Burns joined the Hawaiian Humane Society in January 1990 as President and CEO. Prior to that she served as a health care executive.

The Hawaiian Humane Society of Oahu serves an island population of nearly 1 million people and 320,000 owned dogs and cats.

The independent nonprofit is funded largely by individual donations and a contract with the City and County of Honolulu to provide animal management services including lost and found, investigations and sheltering. With a staff of 65 employees and 700 volunteers, over 30,000 animals are sheltered each year and more than 60 programs and services help animals and people.

Under Pam’s leadership, the Hawaiian Humane Society has received national recognition for its animal welfare programs and is one of Hawaii's leading advocacy and educational organizations, with a budget of $6 million dollars.

Pam is past President of the national Society of Animal Welfare Administrators and is currently on the board of The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy and Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations.

Born and raised in Hawaii, she lives in Honolulu with 3 cats & a dog. Pam has a B.A./B.S.W. from Whittier College, Whittier, CA.

Ms. Miyoko KITAMURA

Staff Member at CC Kuro,
Japan Animal Welfare Society

Graduated from Kobe Shinwa Women’s University (Department of English Literature)

After working in high schools she obtained a kindergarten teaching qualification and subsequently worked in nursery schools.

Following her retirement, in 2005 she volunteered for CC Kuro (a volunteer group helping the dog adoption program) at Kobe City Animal and Pet Management Center.

In 2007, she joined the staff of CC Kuro (as a member of staff for the Japan Animal Welfare Society).

Dr. Hideko KOBAYASHI

1948 Born in Tokyo, Japan.
1971 Graduated Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University.
1975 Became Kobe’s first female veterinarian and opened Kobayashi Animal Hospital
　　　 in Kobe’s Tarumi Ward.
1995 After the Kobe Earthquake, started a dog discipline school within the Hospital.
2000 Relocated the hospital and renamed it as James-Yama Pet Clinic’.
Continues as a consultant to provide better care for pets, and dedicated to ensuring
better discipline and training.

Dr. Keiko ISHIKAWA

1972　Born in Tokyo, Japan
1997　Graduated Rakuno Gakuen University, Department of Veterinary Medicine
1997-2002　Worked for an animal hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture
Joined the Technical Education Department, Kyoritsu Seiyaku Corporatio

Dr. Makoto YAMASHITA

1993 Graduated Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine
　　　 Joined and worked for Osaka Prefecture Fabre Animal Hospital
1998-1999 Studied Veterinary Comparative Ophthalmology at the Veterinary Teaching
　　　　　　　 Hospital, (Comparative Ophthalmology Services).
1999 Worked at Fabre Animal Hospital (Ebata-cho, Kadoma-city)
2006 Worked at Fabre Animal Medical Center (Minami-noguchi-cho, Kadoma City)
2009 Re-established Fabre Animal Hospital (Ebata-cho, Kadoma-city)
　　　 as a specialist ophthalmology hospital where he now offers specialist treatment.

Dr. Jill CLINE, PhD,

(Research Scientist, Nestle Purina Product Technology Center)

Dr. Cline is a research nutritionist on the Technical Communications team. She is responsible for developing and implementing global communication programs that assist in the understanding of pet nutrition science and technology among veterinarians, consumer and breeder communities. Dr. Cline also has an interest in external collaborations relating to the human animal bond and nutrition.

Dr. Cline received her PhD in Nutrition Science from The University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1996. During her tenure at U of I, she conducted research on vitamin metabolism in dogs and pigs. While at University of Illinois, Dr. Cline received the JBT scholarship for research excellence. The results of her research were used to redefine the vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin A requirements of dogs. References to her studies can be found in the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) handbook which provides the guidelines for nutrient content of pet foods and in the National Research Center Reference book for Dogs.

After finishing her dissertation, Dr. Cline worked for several years in product development and technical support services. In 1999, Dr. Cline accepted a position in Applied Research with Nestle Purina. Her work in Applied Nutrition focused on the influence of nutrition on skin and coat health and dermatological syndromes. Dr. Cline and her colleagues were the first to define the volatiles excreted in the skin of puppies which give them that unique “puppy smell” that everyone associates with dogs under 16 weeks of age. Dr. Cline’s special areas of interest include skin and coat health and nutrition, exercise physiology and nutrition and the interaction of nutrition, behavior and the human animal bond. She has recently developed an interest in immune health in particular, the effect of gut health on immune status.

Dr. Cline has lectured on six out of the seven continents and is eagerly awaiting a veterinary nutrition or behavioral seminar in Antarctica. The topics of her lectures have ranged from how to build a kennel to how to manage diabetes in cats and everything nutrition and husbandry related in between. Much of her practical experience comes from volunteering with various foster and shelter organizations over the years and managing her own menagerie of dogs, cats and horses.

Dr. Cline has a keen interest in nature and engages in many outdoor activities with her five dogs and husband including hiking, canoeing and birdwatching (usually without the dogs!). In addition, Dr. Cline is neophyte hunter jumper equestrian and is learning much from her horse about riding. Dr. Cline and her husband have developed their 20 acre home as a wildlife sanctuary, complete with pond for swimming dogs, fishing herons and migrating ducks in rural Arkansas USA.

Associate Prof. Katsumi ISHIOKA DVM, Ph.D

School of Veterinary Nursing & Technology, Faculty of Veterinary Science,
Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University

Field
1) Obesity and metabolic disease in companion animals.
2) Gastroenterology and endoscopy in companion animals.
3) Clinical biochemistry test

Biography
1987-1992:　Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
1993-1997:　Attending to private clinics
1998-2001:　Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University
2002-2004:　Postdoctoral fellow, Hokkaido University
2004:　　　　　Research associate, Texas A&M University
2005-2008:　 Senior assistant professor, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University
2009-:　　　　Associate professor, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University