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Heather Knych, Director

Dr Knych is a Professor of Clinical Veterinary Pharmacology.  She attended the University of California, San Diego for her undergraduate work and the University of California, Davis for her DVM and PhD (Pharmacology).  She is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Veterinary.  Dr. Knych’s research focuses on equine drug metabolism and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) relationships of drugs in performance horses.  Additionally, Dr. Knych, provides guidance to researchers, at UCD and other universities as well as to drug companies on PK/PD study design as well as assisting with drug concentration determination and pharmacokinetic analysis in various biological matrices.

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