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Benjamin Rush, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Benjamin Rush, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and founder of the nation's first medical school at the University of Pennsylvania, was a visionary proponent of comparative medicine. Rush was also one of the first to promote the study of veterinary medicine in North America.

2022 Annual Research Retreat

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Date: Friday, October 28, 2022
Time: 8:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.
Location: The Inn at Swarthmore
Organizing Committee: Drs. Christopher Hunter, Thomas Parsons, Ellen Puré, and Phillip Scott

Program

This year's program will feature speakers from three Penn Vet research centers:

Center for Stewardship Agriculture and Food Security
Institute for Infectious & Zoonotic Diseases
Penn Vet Cancer Center

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jessica Metcalf

C. Jessica Metcalf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Public Affairs
Princeton University

Dr. Jessica Metcalf is an evolutionary ecologist and demographer who works on issues ranging from pathogen emergence to the design of vaccination policies to the evolution of sex differences in immunity to the impact of the microbiome on health.

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