Guy Palmer, DVM, Ph.D., Dr.Med.Vet., of Washington State University, and James L. Cook, DVM, Ph.D., Dipl. ACV, Dipl. ACVSMR, of the University of Missouri, Columbia, will deliver the keynote speeches at the 2012 Animal Health Research Symposium on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012, in conjunction with the CVC Kansas City convention in Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Palmer, a regents professor of pathology and infectious diseases and director of the Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health at Washington State, will discuss global innovations in animal health. Dr. Cook, a distinguished professor and director of the Comparative Orthopaedic (sic) Lab at Missouri, will talk about building bridges between laboratory medicine and orthopedics. Other scheduled speakers include Philip Bergman, DVM, MS, Ph.D., of the Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center in Bedford Hills, N.Y.; Wayne Carter, DVM, Ph.D., Dipl. ACVIM, of the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute; Paul Dale, M.D., Fellow ACS, of the University of Missouri; Marvin Grubman, Ph.D., of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York; T.G. Nagaraja, M.V.Sc., Ph.D., of Kansas State University and Linda Rhodes, VMD, Ph.D., of Artana Therapeutics in Kansas City, Kan. The event is being hosted by the Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, the KC Animal Health Corridor, Kansas State University and the University of Missouri. Registration is available here. <HOME>