Connecting to a Culture of Care®
The EthiQualia team has decades of experience, and approach everything we do with compassion and integrity.
Since establishment in 2022, we have supported leading scientific research organisations all over Australia. Organisations consistently report appreciation of EthiQualia’s engagement and reporting style and commitment to supporting people, facilitating continuous improvement and attainment of best practice standards.
About EthiQualia
EthiQualia promotes the welfare of animals used in research and teaching. We connect organisations to a culture of care through risk evaluation and analysis, fostering compliance and competence.
Integrity, accountability, and respect are at the heart of every engagement. By working with institutional research integrity, governance, compliance, and animal care professionals, we help clients manage risk, comply, operate efficiently, and achieve excellent results.
Our goal is to support continuous improvement and compliance with legislation and regulation, helping to protect animal welfare and therefore the organisation’s reputation and social licence.
EthiQualia Team
Dr Mandy Errington
Founder and Principal
Mandy has extensive industry and government experience and connections. She is a veterinarian and member of both the Animal Welfare and Medicine and Management of Laboratory Animals Chapters of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists.
Mandy’s combination of veterinary qualifications, formal audit training and regulatory and board experience enables both high level and detailed analysis of clients’ organisational structure, governance frameworks, compliance management systems, policies and operational practices, to identify key residual risks and provide solutions.
Dr Isobel Salmi
Senior Associate
Isobel is an animal welfare veterinarian with experience in the use of animals in research and teaching. She is a member of the Animal Welfare Chapter of the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists and a former category A (veterinary) AEC member.
In addition to acting as an independent external review panel member, Isobel has developed guidelines to support best practice care and use of research animals, including tools and education material to support EthiQualia’s service delivery.
Robin Matthews
Senior Associate
Robin is a long-standing member of the NHMRC animal welfare committee and community representative (category D) member of a University AEC.
Her professional experience is in education and training, advising at Ministerial level. Her areas of expertise include corporate governance, policy development and strategic planning.
Robin’s commitment to animal welfare, wealth of experience and knowledge bring a unique and valuable perspective to her role as independent external review panel member.
Aph & Juni
Office Managers
EthiQualia values life-work balance. Our canine office managers work diligently as our designated health and wellbeing representatives, ensuring ample out-of-office exercise, and overseeing all aspects of the business from the comfort of the closest couch.
Openness
EthiQualia continues to encourage best practice and transparency in the use of animals for research or teaching; and is a proud supporter of the ANZCCART Openness Agreement on Animal Research and Teaching in Australia launched in August 2023. Confidentiality remains a strong core value for EthiQualia. We will only speak of our work in broad terms without identifying clients even when we intend to help promote openness within the scientific community.
All information obtained as part of evaluations and reviews including any ongoing communication or discussion will always be kept confidential. We will never share any client information without specific written permission.
