Dr. Lauren Charnock, DVM, MS, DAVCO, Assistant Professor UC Davis

Biography
Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Dr. Charnock earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, followed by a rotating internship at the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island. She then completed a specialty internship and a residency in comparative ophthalmology at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, while concurrently earning a master’s degree in veterinary biomedical sciences, focusing on refractive error in equine eyes following corneal surgical procedures. She has been an Assistant Professor of Clinical Veterinary Ophthalmology at the University of California, Davis since 2022.

Dr. Carrie Finno, DVM, Ph. D Diplomate ACVIM (LA), Professor UC Davis

Biography

Dr. Carrie Finno is a veterinary clinician scientist with a PhD in comparative pathology and post-doctorate training in comparative genomics. She has a strong commitment to biomedical research in the field of translational inherited neuromuscular disorders. Dr. Finno has published over 120 papers. In the field of veterinary medicine, she has defined the clinical phenotypes and identified the associated genetic mutations for five newly described diseases in horses. The focus of her translational research is the interplay of vitamin E and neurodegeneration using animal models.