Kelly Metcalf PateKelly Metcalf Pate is Director of the Division of Comparative Medicine and the Dorothy W. Poitras Associate Professor of Biological Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is a veterinarian-scientist with expertise in virology, platlet immunology and the development and refinement of animal models of human disease. She received her B.A. through the University Professors Program at Boston University, obtained her D.V.M. from Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine, and pursued both veterinary specialty training in laboratory animal medicine and her Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Prior to joining M.I.T., she was faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, where she oversaw the research training programs for veterinarians and veterinary students and founded the J.H.U. Summer Veterinary Scholars Research Program and the summer Laboratory Animal Fellowship. Metcalf Pate serves on multiple national committees, including on the Scientific Advisory Committee for the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science (AALAS), and as an Ad Hoc Specialist for AAALAC International. Read More Read Less