On Tuesday, April 2, Penn Vet will present The Dope on New Drug Research and Testing. The lecture is part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, PA. The series offers the public open lectures on equine topics, at no charge, the first Tuesday of each month.
Drug testing of equine athletes
Methods used for doping control in the equine athlete have made great strides in the last decade and Dr. Soma will discuss the challenges that exist in identifying the newer protein based drugs.
The April 2 lecture will be presented in New Bolton Center’s Alumni Hall by Lawrence Soma, VMD. Dr. Soma is Professor of Anesthesia and the Marilyn M. Simpson Professor of Veterinary Medicine at New Bolton Center. He has spent much of his career developing standards to effectively test for illegal substances in racehorses.
“The methods used for doping control in the equine athlete have made great strides in the last decade,” says Dr. Soma. The presentation will illustrate many of the advances in surveillance capabilities and discuss the many challenges that still exist in identifying the newer protein based drugs, peptides and naturally occurring substances that are now available.
The First Tuesday Lecture Series offers faculty and clinicians at New Bolton Center an opportunity to share current information on topics of interest and relevance to horse owners and caregivers throughout the region. Upcoming lecture topics include The Penn Vet Podologic Museum (May) and Equine Anesthesia (June).
For a complete list of scheduled lectures: First Tuesdays
Though the lectures are free, seating is limited. Please RSVP to beltb@vet.upenn.edu.
About the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine is one of the world’s premier veterinary schools. Founded in 1884, the school was built on the concept of Many Species, One MedicineTM.
Penn Vet researchers currently have the most National Institutes of Health grants of all vet schools in the country, attesting to the School’s strong basic and clinical research programs in infectious diseases, immunology, neuroscience, cancer, stem cell biology and more. For more information about the research at Penn Vet, visit www.vet.upenn.edu/Research.
The School’s Matthew J. Ryan Veterinary Hospital, located on Penn’s campus in Philadelphia, PA, houses classrooms, laboratories, medical care and one of the nation’s busiest urban veterinary emergency rooms. In addition, the school successfully integrates scholarship and scientific discovery with all aspects of veterinary medical education.
Penn’s School of Veterinary Medicine is the only institution in the state of Pennsylvania graduating veterinarians. The large-animal facility, New Bolton Center, in Kennett Square, PA, encompasses hospital facilities for the care of horses and food animals as well as diagnostic laboratories serving the agriculture industry.