Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein
 Dr. Schwartzkopf-Genswein grew up on a farm in southern Alberta that has been active in the feedlot business for over 40 years. She obtained here PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in Applied Animal Ethology in 1996. She worked as a research scientist for Alberta Agriculture Food and Rural Development in Lethbridge, AB for 4 years 1999-2002 before taking a research scientist position with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in 2003. Her research interests include pain/stress assessment and mitigation strategies associated with routine management procedures such as transport, castration, dehorning etc. She has also focused her research in the area of feeding behaviour of beef cattle as it relates to morbidity including acidosis and respiratory disease. Her research is applied and provides leading edge information for the scientific community as well as training and consultation to feedlot managers, agribusiness and the feedlot industry. She is a technical advisor for the Canadian beef export federation, BC SPCA, and the North American Food Animal Well-Being Commission (Beef) on issues related to Beef Welfare. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Saskatchewan and University of British Columbia. She provides expert advice to both provincial and federal producer groups on issues related to beef welfare. She is currently President of the Canadian Society of Animal Science and is an associate editor for the Canadian Journal of Animal Science. Dr. Schwartzkopf-Genswein is the author of over 90 scientific and industry publications.
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