Center for Human-Animal Interaction

Center for Human-Animal Interaction

Hospitals and Health Care

Richmond, Virginia 213 followers

Dedicated to improved health and well-being through interaction with companion animals.

About us

About the Center Established in the VCU School of Medicine in June 2001, and housed in the Department of Psychiatry, the purpose of the Center for Human-Animal Interaction is to provide a formal structure for and promote interdisciplinary and interinstitutional research, clinical, and educational activities related to the human-animal relationship. Our Mission Improving health and well being through human-animal interaction. To achieve our mission, our research goal is to increase knowledge of the benefits of the human-animal interaction through interdisciplinary research. Our clinical goal is to enhance health and well being for patients and other members of our community through animal-assisted interventions. Our educational goal is to improve understanding of the benefits of the human-animal interaction.

Website
http://chai.vcu.edu
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Company size
2-10 employees
Headquarters
Richmond, Virginia
Type
Nonprofit
Founded
2001
Specialties
therapy, human-animal interaction, research, volunteerism, animal-assisted intervention, animal-assisted interaction, health care workers, and therapy dogs

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