Niwako Ogata is a board certified veterinary behaviorist and assistant professor of Companion Animal Behavior at Purdue University. She began her behavior career in 1997 as a private practitioner in Japan, completed her Ph.D. at the University of Tokyo in 2007 where her dissertation focused on behavior traits in drug detector dogs, then moved to the U.S. in 2008 to complete a residency and serve as a research associate in animal behavior at Tufts University. She has been at Purdue University since 2012 where she continues to pursue her interests in mental health and well-being in companion animals and translational research between the human psychiatric field and veterinary behavior.
Recorded OnDemand lecture: Healthy Mind, Healthy Dog