Infectious disease, academia, and Ask a Vet with Dr. Jane Sykes

Podcast: My Veterinary Life · American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)

Opublikowano: 2026-09-24

Dr. Jane Sykes, the director of the Center of Continuing Professional Education, a small animal medicine professor at the UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine, and the Ask A Vet columnist for the Washington Post, is this week's guest. Dr. Sykes shares her career journey from infectious disease research in Australia to an internal medicine residency and ultimately to a faculty position at UC Davis. She reflects on how an academic career gradually expanded into infection control, hospital leadership, postgraduate education, and additional training through an MBA and MPH, with each step opening doors she hadn’t necessarily anticipated. Sh...