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Katherine Albro Houpt

James Law Professor of Behavior Medicine

Primary Research Areas

  • behavioral physiology

Research Focus

  • domestic animal welfare - in particular improving research environment
  • equid behavior (domestic horses, Equus caballus, Equus asinus, Equus przewalskii)
  • physiological basis of equine ingestive and maternal behavior

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Behavioral Psychology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1972
  • V.M.D., Veterinary Medicine University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1963