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Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., M.S.
Jonathan Balcombe, Ph.D., M.S., is a research scientist with the
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nationwide
organization of physicians and laypersons that promotes preventive
medicine, especially good nutrition, and addresses controversies
in modern medicine, including ethical issues in research.
As a research scientist, Dr. Balcombe works on issues relating
to the use of animals in medical science and education. He analyzes
and synthesizes published findings and writes and presents papers
for publication in scientific and lay journals. Dr. Balcombe
also writes the monthly column Beyond Animal Research for the PCRM Web site.
Dr. Balcombe’s books include The Use of Animals in Higher
Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations and Pleasurable
Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, which was published by Macmillan in May 2006. Dr. Balcombe has
also written about animals in research for numerous magazines,
including PCRM’s Good Medicine and Alternatives in Veterinary Medical Education. Dr. Balcombe reviews manuscripts for Animal Behaviour, The American
Biology Teacher, and the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare
Science.
He also writes a weekly blog for FirstScience.com.
Dr. Balcombe has contributed to more than 30 academic journals
and book chapters, including Animal Behaviour, The American Biology Teacher, the Journal
of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Contemporary Topics
in Laboratory Animal Science, and the British Medical
Journal. His recent literature review of rodents’ laboratory
housing and behavioral needs was published in Laboratory
Animals in April 2006.
Dr. Balcombe has given more than 50 presentations on the use of
animals in research and on alternatives to the use of animals in
medical research and education. His recent presentations include “Rodents
in Laboratories: Thinking Outside the Cage,” at the Sixth
Annual Animal Welfare Forum in Canada and a presentation on pleasure
in animals at the second InterNICHE conference in Norway.
Dr. Balcombe received his Doctorate in Ethology from the University
of Tennessee in Knoxville. He received his Master in Biology from
Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and his bachelor’s
in biology from York University in North York, Ontario.
Before coming to PCRM, Dr. Balcombe served as the Research Coordinator
for Immersion Medical, a medical simulation company in Gaithersburg,
Maryland.
Dr. Balcombe is available to speak on any or a combination of the following topics:
- Animal pleasure (topic of his new book Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, Macmillan, 2006)
- Animals in education (topic of his book The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, and Recommendations (Humane Society Press, 2000)
- Animals in research
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