Lisa Townsend

10PUBLICATIONS
6CO-AUTHORS
Animal behaviourAnimal neurobiologyAnimal developmental and reproductive biologyAnimal physiological ecologyPsychiatry (incl. psychotherapy)
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Publications (10)

|May 27, 2026
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Impact of Therapy Dog Visitation on Mood, Anxiety, and Depression in Patients Hospitalized for the Treatment of Mental Illness.

|Jan 28, 2026
Feasibility of Recruiting Psychiatrically Hospitalized Adults for a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Animal-Assisted Intervention.

Lisa Townsend, Nancy R Gee, Erika Friedmann

|Aug 14, 2025
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Impact of a Therapy Dog Intervention on Depression, Mood, and Anxiety in Hospitalized Older Adults.

Nancy R Gee, Lisa Townsend, Erika Friedmann

|Jan 10, 2025
A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Impact of a Therapy Dog Intervention on Loneliness in Hospitalized Older Adults.

Nancy R Gee, Lisa Townsend, Erika Friedmann

|Sep 04, 2023
"Dogs on Call": A Community-Engaged Human Subjects Training with Hospital Based Therapy Dog Teams.

Lisa Townsend, Nyssa Towsley, Nancy R Gee

|Apr 13, 2023
Reimagining Healthcare: Human-Animal Bond Support as a Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Public Health Intervention.

Janet Hoy-Gerlach, Lisa Townsend

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Nancy R Gee

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Erika Friedmann

4 joint publications

Sandra Barker

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