Penn Vet News

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    Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason, BVetMed, PhD, DACVIM, FRCVS, Receives Penn Center for Innovation’s Inventor of the Year Award

    The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) congratulates Dr. Nicky Mason, the Paul A. James and Charles A. Gilmore Endowed Chair Professor and Professor of Medicine…

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    Penn Vet’s Total Hip Replacement Program Helps Heal Dogs With Hip Dysplasia So They Can Live ‘Their Best Lives’

    Stephanie and Michael Fullmer fell in love with Cora, a sweet-natured rescue Golden Retriever, as soon as they saw her photo. And Cora loved back – kids, kittens, other dogs,…

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    Howee, after successful treatment at the New Bolton Center, and his owner Mallie Touchton, 15, of Lancaster County, compete at the Solanco Fair in September 2025.
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    Dr. Amy Johnson with client horse Cartier in New Bolton Center’s Equine Performance and Evaluation Facility arena.
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    Julianne Grady, the Penn Vet staff veterinarian in charge of teaching primary care surgery, coaches Haley Zeliff, V’26, during a recent spay surgery.

    Penn Today News

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    Identifying genes that keep cancer from spreading (link is external)

    Using a novel approach, Penn Vet’s Chris Lengner and M. Andrés Blanco and colleagues have identified two genes that suppress colorectal cancer metastasis.

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    Wild birds are driving the current U.S. bird flu outbreak (link is external)

    Since late 2021, a panzootic, or “a pandemic in animals,” of highly pathogenic bird flu variant H5N1 has devastated wild birds, agriculture, and mammals.

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    Dogs with cancer are helping save lives—both canine and human (link is external)

    The Comparative Immunotherapy Program led by Penn Vet’s Nicola Mason is redefining how therapies are developed and tested—uniting human and veterinary medicine to move promising immunotherapies forward.


    In the Media

    Bellwether Features

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    Unboxing a Pioneer’s Legacy

    Born in 1919, Jane Hinton, V’49, came of age when opportunities for women in science and medicine were scarce — and for Black women, nearly nonexistent. expertise in poultry and…

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    A Love of Animals and the Land

    The Penn Vet of Dean Snyder, V’54, was a very different place than today. So was the world.

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    Comforting Philanthropy

    At Penn Vet’s Ryan Hospital, world-class clinical care is matched with deep compassion for animals and the people who love them.

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    In the Office with Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM

    Donna Kelly, DVM, MASCP, DACPV, DACVPM, shares her New Bolton Center office with the campus’s microbiology reference library.

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