Karen Schwartzkopf-Genswein, Ph.D., is a Canadian federal scientist with expertise in farm animal behaviour, health and welfare. She works for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at the Lethbridge Research and Development Centre. She is known for her foundational research on assessing welfare in beef cattle including the impacts of long-distance transportation, developing producer-friendly pain mitigation strategies for castration and other painful procedures and assessing and mitigating lameness in feedlot cattle that has informed regulations and guidelines for the commercial beef cattle industry in North America. In addition to research, Schwartzkopf-Genswein provides training and consultative services to cattle industry stakeholders, including agribusiness, government, and the pharmaceutic