Dr M Lesley Wiseman-Orr
BSc PhD
Honorary Research Fellow

Department of Statistics

15 University Gardens

University of Glasgow

Glasgow G12 8QW

L.Wiseman@stats.gla.ac.uk
Telephone:  

+44(0)141 330 6139 (office)

+44(0)07810 698678 (mobile)

+44(0)1360 620359 (home)

Fax: +44(0)141 330 4814



 

Research Interests

My research interests include conceptualization and measurement of pain and quality of life (QOL) of animals, and development of psychometric questionnaire instruments for such measurement purposes. As part of the University’s multidisciplinary Pain and Welfare Research Group I have developed instruments for the measurement of canine chronic pain and health-related quality of life (HRQL) using the dog owner as respondent. Using similar approaches I have recently developed an instrument to measure HRQL of farmed pigs, using the farmer or stockperson as respondent. I also have an interest in the measurement and development of ethical reasoning skills in vet students.

I previously worked in educational publishing and remain keenly interested in both publishing and education.

I am currently self-employed, and engaged in a variety of projects spanning this range of interests.

 

Publications

Wiseman-Orr ML, Stuart SAJ and McKeegan DEF (2009) Ethical dilemmas in practice: development of an ethical reasoning assessment tool for veterinary undergraduates. Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies 8(2): 187-196

Wiseman-Orr ML, Reid JA, Nolan AM and Scott EM (2008) Quality of life issues. In Handbook of Veterinary Pain Management, 2nd Edition. Eds James S. Gaynor, and William W. Muir, III. St Louis: Mosby Elsevier 

Scott EM, Nolan AM, Reid J and Wiseman-Orr ML (2007) Can we really measure animal Quality of Life? Methodologies for measuring quality of life in people and other animals. Animal Welfare 16(S): 17-24

Wiseman-Orr ML, Scott EM, Reid J and Nolan AM (2006) Validation of a structured questionnaire as an instrument to measure chronic pain in dogs on the basis of effects on health-related quality of life. American Journal of Veterinary Research 67(11): 1826-1836

Wiseman-Orr ML (2005) – The development of an instrument to measure chronic pain in dogs. (PhD thesis)

Wiseman-Orr ML, Nolan AM, Reid J and Scott EM (2004) Development of a Questionnaire to measure the effects of chronic pain on health-related quality of life in dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research 65(8): 1077-1084

Scott EM, Fitzpatrick JL, Nolan AM, Reid J and Wiseman ML (2003) Evaluation of Welfare State based on interpretation of multiple indices. Animal Welfare 12(4): 257-268

Wiseman ML, Nolan AM, Reid J and Scott EM (2001) Preliminary study on owner-reported behaviour changes associated with chronic pain in dogs. Veterinary Record 149: 423-524