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Advocacy for Veterinary Education: Addressing Faculty Shortages and Future Needs

ADVOCACY DAY 2024. Denise Imai-Leonard, Director of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory, went to Capitol Hill to advocate for the future of veterinary medical education with Dean Stetter of UC Davis and Dean Tegzes, Executive Associate Dean McClure and Director Diniz from Western University. The need is pressing. Access to care, food safety, animal welfare, pandemic prevention, medical innovation, environmental health and conservation, are only a few spaces in which veterinarians are critically needed.