Herd News & Resources
Presentations, Podcasts, Webinars & Community Events:
2023
Regional Labour Queensland Annual General Meeting - Presented “VetHerd: Suicide Prevention for the Veterinary and Animal Care Community”
2024
Australian Biosecurity Network Surveillance Network (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) - Presented “VetHerd: Suicide Prevention for the Veterinary Community”
Vet Vault Podcast (Check out link below) - “Episode #121: Weaving a Safety Net: Using Herd Immunity for Veterinary Suicide Prevention”
Suicide Prevention Special Interest Group - Presented “VetHerd: Suicide Prevention for the Veterinary Community”
StandBy Postvention Support - Presented “VetHerd: Suicide Prevention for the Veterinary Community”
Hosted a local Emerald veterinary community event
Gold Coast and Brisbane South PHN - Design and implemented the Regional Suicide Prevention Initiatives Veterinary Industry Project.
Western Queensland PHN - Suicide Prevention Training Program for Veterinarians in Western Queensland Project.
VetExpo - Presented “Suicide and Herd Immunity - awareness, prevention, the network of safety, and the research supporting it”
Griffith University HDR Conference - Presented “Preventing Suicide in Australian Veterinarians: Examining prevalence of suicidality, identifying risk factors, and evaluating an intervention program”
Response to findings and recommendations of the Veterinary Workforce Shortages in New South Wales (NSW) Inquiry Report (Check out link below)
2025
Australasian Society for Behavioural Health and Medicine - Presented “Suicide Prevention in Australian veterinarians: Determining the prevalence of suicidality and identification of associated factors and evaluating the feasibility of an evidence-based intervention”
Tackling Regional Adversities through Connected Communities (TRACC) Program - Presented “VetHerd: Suicide Prevention for the Veterinary Community”
Submission and presentation Joint Committee on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Veterinarians in South Australia (Check out link below)
AVA THRIVE- Presented “Suicide Prevention in Our Profession: What do we know and what we need to learn”
VetPrac - “Suicide Prevention Mini-Series”
ANZCVS 2025 Veterinary Science Week (upcoming)
