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CHAI Featured in VCU News

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

A look at how the VCU community is sharing the love and giving back in difficult times.

While they can’t visit the hospital as they normally would, the adorable pooches are conducting virtual visits with patients and staff who request a visit to brighten their day. One of the favorite love-related activities is Operation Cookie where Dogs on Call teams — think humans — purchase individually wrapped cookies and attach one of the Dogs on Call playing cards to the package. In case you’re wondering, each therapy dog has a card with their picture and name that is usually given to patients and staff when the dogs visit. 

Tupponce, J. (2021, February 10). A look at how the VCU community is sharing the love and giving back in difficult times. VCU News. https://news.vcu.edu/article/A_look_at_how_the_VCU_community_is_sharing_the_love_and_giving

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Journal Publication in Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Variability in human-animal interaction research.

The field of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI) is plagued with mixed results... The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at this variability in research outcomes and to provide plausible explanations and potential remedies.

Rodriguez, K., Herzog, H., & Gee, N. R. (2021). Variability in human-animal interaction research. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.619600

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Book Publication by Springer

Monday, December 14, 2020

Well-being over the life course: Incorporating human-animal interaction.

This book provides a multidisciplinary overview of the impact of human–animal interaction on well-being from childhood to later life. It presents a life course perspective to the study of human–animal interaction, addressing concepts of family and the role of pets therein, as well as the impact of companion animals on child development and successful aging.

Bures, R. M., & Gee, N. R. (2020). Well-being over the life course: Incorporating human-animal interaction. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64085-9