Expert profile
Name Theodora, Capaldo, EdD Job title President
Organization	NEW ENGLAND ANTI-VIVISECTION SOCIETY
Expertise	Dr. Capaldo is an expert on the use of chimpanzees in research, including their historical use in U.S. air and space research, organ transplants, and fatal infections; their current uses in research; national and international laws on chimpanzee research; the labs holding chimpanzees; quality of care for chimpanzees in labs; the American public's opinions on chimpanzee use in research; and sanctuaries available for rescued chimpanzees. Dr. Capaldo is also an expert on anti-vivisection and the cruelty, waste, and scientific limits and dangers of animal research, as well as alternatives available to animal use in science and science education.
Books and articles published	"The Psychological Effects on Students of Using Animals in Ways that They See as Ethically, Morally or Religiously Wrong," ATLA 32, Supplement 1, 525-531, Fourth World Congress, June 2004. "Resensitizing Society: Understanding the Connection Between Violence Toward Human and Non-Human Animals," The Forensic Examiner, July/Aug. 1999.
Background	EdD, Boston University, Humanistic and Behavioral Psychology, 1979. MA, University of Hartford, Clinical Practices in Psychology, 1973. BA, Merrimack College, Psychology major/Philosophy minor, 1970.
Country / Region	United States

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