The importance of understanding the connections between animal and human health reached new heights due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but this has long been a rich area of study and it’s also the foundation of the long and impressive career of today’s Raise the Line guest, Dr. Sue VandeWoude, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University. Before assuming that role, Dr. VandeWoude was the director of Colorado State's One Cure Institute, part of an advanced veterinary oncology center whose work on a canine bone cancer is supporting a clinical trial in children with the same disease, among other translational projects. “That’s a great example of where we seek to make progress in many different realms,” she tells host Hillary Acer. In this revealing conversation, you’ll learn about other developments in research and teaching at the nexus of human, animal, and environmental health, what’s behind a curricular overhaul at the school, and about plans to enhance collaboration between basic science faculty and clinical instructors. Mentioned in this episode: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/