About

Elizabeth "Betsy" Greene is an Equine Extension Specialist and Professor of Practice at the School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences at The University of Arizona. She is based in Tucson, AZ, where she contributes to the extension faculty, focusing on equine-related issues. Her role involves engaging with the community and providing expertise in equine sciences, supporting education, outreach, and community service related to animal sciences.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Biology
• Medicine
• Engineering
• Veterinary medicine
• Zoology
• Virology
• Business
• Psychology
• Medical education
• Pedagogy
• Animal science
• Law
• Ecology
• Meteorology
• Geography
• Internal medicine

Selected publications

• Promoting Psychological Safety for All Participants During a High-Intensity Interprofessional Simulation Event

  Simulation in Healthcare The Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare · 2026-02-03

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  SUMMARY STATEMENT: Simulation is an excellent educational methodology for healthcare learners to practice skills for medical scenarios that are low in frequency but high in emotional intensity. However, these educational experiences may cause distress to participants. As learners must master these skills to be effective healthcare providers, psychological safety warrants attention. All participants must trust that they are not at risk of being shamed, that they are free to acknowledge distress, and that they will receive needed support to master the exercise. We describe the procedures used by our institution to promote psychological safety during the Assessment and Management of Sexual Assault course to offer a potential model for other institutions to consider when engaging in high-intensity healthcare simulation.

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• Evolution of a comprehensive longitudinal multidisciplinary telehealth curriculum

  Academic Medicine · 2025-12-18

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  PROBLEM: Telehealth and telemedicine skills are critical to medical practice. Embedding telehealth education into medical school curricula in a way that enhances other elements of the medical school curriculum and emphasizes its relevance to medical practice can be challenging. APPROACH: Beginning in 2022, the initial telemedicine course at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences has evolved into a longitudinal, 4-year curriculum that integrates telemedicine concepts throughout multiple courses. This integration supports learners' motivation to master material and leverages their evolving experiences in telehealth throughout medical school. OUTCOMES: Over a 4-year longitudinal curriculum, student skills in telemedicine are assessed during 2 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations, one in the pre-clerkship period and one during the clerkship period. Outcomes from one class that has undergone both assessments show improvement in skills between assessments, although students continue to struggle with telemedicine physical examinations. NEXT STEPS: Telemedicine can be presented as an integrated, longitudinal curriculum that supports clinical skill development. Future directions include focusing on telemedicine physical examination skills, ongoing assessment of student performance, and investigation into the use of telemedicine in residency and clinical practice.

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• Preparing Livestock Producers for New World Screwworm Reemergence in the United States

  UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona) · 2025-10-01

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  New World Screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a fly larva, or maggot, that can burrow into the flesh of a living animal, unlike other fly larvae that only feed on dead flesh. New World Screwworm (NWS) can affect any livestock species, as well as pets, wildlife, birds, humans, and essentially any warm-blooded animal. In the 1950’s and early 1960’s, NWS infestations resulted in devastating losses to cattle and wildlife in the southern United States. Economic impacts reached $50-100 million (USDA, 2025). In the 1960’s NWS was eradicated in the United States (US). Since then, the US and Panama have collaborated through the Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of New World Screwworm Infestation in Livestock (COPEG) to prevent NWS from spreading north of the Darién Gap by releasing sterile male flies. Since NWS female flies tend to breed once in a lifetime, this process decreases the NWS population. In 2023, NWS was able to break this barrier and spread northward. As of late September 2025, NWS was detected as far north as Nuevo León, Mexico (Figure 1). COPEG continues to release sterile flies in Central America and Mexico, however sterile fly production is at maximum capacity at the current facilities. US livestock producers should be prepared to implement proactive management and husbandry practices in the near term as well as preventative measures to limit the potential impact an infestation will have on the livestock industry if and when a regional detection happens.

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• RES4BUILD Key Achievements

  Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2023-04-30

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  Over the last four years the RES4BUILD team has been working hard to support the transition to a clean energy future, developing integrated renewable energy-based solutions and tailoring them to the needs of users and installers. The project aimed to increase the uptake of such solutions for heating and cooling in buildings. This involved improving the performance and reducing costs of the most innovative components of the RES4BUILD solutions, including magnetocaloric and vapour compression heat pump technologies, PV/T collectors, borehole thermal energy storage and building energy management systems. In parallel to the technical work, partners collaborated with end-users and other stakeholders in the Netherlands and Poland to explore the needs and challenges with respect to decision making and implementation of integrated energy systems in their building(s). This, together with a full life-cycle impact assessment of the integrated RES4BUILD energy system, and a market review, aims to pave the route to market for integrated energy systems. The results are very encouraging, and we expect that in a refurbished multifamily building the RES4BUILD systems could deliver a significant reduction of CO2 emissions compared to traditional solutions. The booklet contain some of the key achievements and outcomes from the project. It can be also downloaded from the RES4BUILD website Results page or here.

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• Horse Activity Responses to an Elevated Temperature Humidity Index in the Arid Southwest

  Concepts of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences · 2023

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  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Veterinary medicine

  Till date the available data regarding the goat breeds suggests that out of 570 breeds; 187 (33%) breeds are found in Europe, 146 (26%) breeds in Asia and Pacific region and 89 (16%) breeds in Africa [1]. All these totally comprise 422 breeds. But the exact data for the remaining 48 breeds are under controversy. Speculatively they are either wild breeds or on the verge of extinction having only a few numbers of individuals remaining [2].

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• 121  The Southern Arizona Equine Health Symposium: Impacts on extension program reach and the change to a virtual event

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2021-05-01

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• Reach Versus Impact: Comparing Webinars and Online Short Courses for Educational Outcomes

  Journal of Extension · 2020 · 3 citations

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  • Political Science
  • Medical education
  • Psychology

  Our multistate group of state horse specialists produced and evaluated impacts from six webinars and online short courses (webinar plus additional content) addressing current industry issues: pasture-associated laminitis, equine herpesvirus-1, disaster preparedness, sales fraud, rescues/rehoming, and manure management. We identified no differences in perceived knowledge gained from webinars or short courses; however, results suggest that participation in short courses versus live webinars may be more useful for making positive management decisions. Short course participants also reported greater potential for cost savings as a result of completing the education. On the basis of the study, we offer recommendations for developing effective online Extension education programs.

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• Extension Horses, Inc. experts act fast to create online resources to assist the horse industry during COVID-191

  Translational Animal Science · 2020 · 5 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
  • Computer Science
  • Political Science
  • Computer Science

  The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home directives, adopted out of necessity to protect human health, introduced significant challenges for horse owners and small equine businesses. Restricted access, and in many cases closure of barns, resulted in a multitude of questions and concerns within the equine community which needed to be addressed rapidly. Extension Horses, Inc. (EH) coordinated the development and delivery of a variety of educational resources utilizing a combination of online formats and dissemination through social media and EH member contact lists. A series of infographics, webinars, and podcasts (three in each category) were created to provide guidance on essential care of horses, emergency preparedness, financial assistance, legal concerns, and biosecurity during the crucial, initial weeks of the pandemic (March to April 2020). Web conferencing technology (Zoom) was used to facilitate discussion and task delegation among EH members and to conduct and record webinars and podcasts. Podcasts were hosted on Buzzsprout and infographics were created using Adobe InDesign. Live webinar participants were invited to participate in several polls during the webinar and were sent a brief survey to complete at the end of the webinar series. Analytics for all educational resources combined demonstrated a 32-d total direct reach of 135,563. Most live webinar participants identified themselves as horse owners and small equine business owners (55%). The majority of live webinar participants indicated the information was useful (99%), and they would utilize the resources they had learned about (80%). Survey respondents reported that Facebook, email, and word of mouth were key ways in which they learned about the webinars. The same survey found that the web-platform was an effective method to receive information (85% high satisfaction) and respondents were highly likely to recommend future EH webinars to others (88%). The three infographics had a total Facebook reach of 131,765, the webinars had 3,522 total views, and the three podcasts had 276 total downloads. The rapid response of EH and quick turnaround of products allowed a large online audience to receive vital information for coping with COVID-19. Having the established EH network, already familiar with virtual education, was a big asset in this effort. This can serve as a model for cooperative extension to utilize in future collaborative responses to industry issues.

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• A new approach to biosecurity education: “Barn Smarts for Biosecurity: Tips for Keeping Your Horse Safe and Healthy”

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2017-05-01

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• Reach versus impact: Examining the value of online learning lessons compared to webinars for educational outcomes for the equine community

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2017-05-01 · 1 citations

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Frequent coauthors

• Carey A. Williams

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

  13 shared

• Amy O. Burk

  11 shared

• Erin Leahy

  9 shared

• Krishona Martinson

  University of Minnesota System

  7 shared

• C. Skelly

  Michigan State University

  6 shared

• A.M. Swinker

  Pennsylvania State University

  5 shared

• Kate Pulec

  University of Nebraska–Lincoln

  5 shared

• Rebecca C. Bott

  5 shared

Education

• PhD, Animal Science and Industry

  Kansas State University

  1993

• MS, Animal Science

  University of Arizona

  1989

• AAS, BS, Animal Science

  Morehead State University

  1986