Dr. Carrie Finno is a veterinary clinician scientist with a PhD in comparative pathology and post-doctorate training in comparative genomics. 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, with over 120 publications to date. Dr. Finno is currently a Professor in Veterinary Genetics and the Gregory L. Ferrero Endowed Director of the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.