Meet Our Speakers

Amanda Adams, BS, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Ken-tucky. She is also Adjunct faculty at Lincoln Memorial University, College of Veterinary Medicine, and has been recently honored as a Mars EquestrianTM Fellow, specializing in the care of senior horses. Currently, her research program encompasses the study of equine immunology and endocrinology in the areas of aging, obesity/endo-crine diseases/laminitis, and stress. Her research program is world renown in that she has established and sup-ports a unique herd of aged, PPID, obese/metabolic syndrome, insulin dysregulated horses that are maintained at the Gluck Center, for both basic and applied research.