Meet Our Speakers

Jane Sykes is a Professor at the University of California, Davis and a board-certified internal medicine specialist. Her research interests are focused on infectious diseases of dogs and cats of public health significance; she has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and is the editor of several textbooks. She founded the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) in 2006 and has held several leadership roles in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM). She was the first Founding Fellow of the ACVIM, speaks internationally on infectious diseases and post-graduate veterinary specialty education, and is the “Ask A Vet” columnist for the Washington Post.