AKC Canine Health Foundation Presentation at the Tom Tom Founders Festival

The Tom Tom Founders Festival takes place on April 12th at the Old Metropolitan Hall in Charlottesville, Virginia. The festival is comprised of talks, workshops, panels, installations, concerts and block parties. It is also comprised of the converging disciplines of music, art, design, business, science and technology connect people and new ideas to the future.

The AKC Canine Health Foundation Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Shila Nordone, will give a free presentation called “The Value of One Medicine: Accelerating biomedical research discoveries at both ends of the leash”

This is a summary of the presentation: Over the last century, both human and veterinary medicine have made numerous advancements. At the same time, despite significant overlap in diseases that affect humans and animals, our biomedical research efforts have become markedly more separate with very little cross-sharing of knowledge or resources. The AKC Canine Health Foundation believes that if we fund research that supports both human and canine health we can break down the current barriers between human and veterinary medicine and hasten the progress we make in solving some of our greatest health care challenges. To that end, Dr. Shila Nordone, CHF Chief Scientific Officer, will discuss the foundation’s efforts to influence the full spectrum of scientific discovery, from brain tumors and epilepsy to infectious disease and inflammation.

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