Biography - Andrea J. Fascetti

Andrea J. Fascetti, VMD, PhD, DACVN, DACVIM (SA-Internal Medicine), University of California School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Davis, CA

Dr. Andrea J. Fascetti graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine. Following graduation she completed an internship and medicine residency at The Animal Medical Center in New York City. She holds a doctoral degree in nutrition from UC Davis. Dr. Fascetti is a Diplomate of both the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Nutrition. Dr. Fascetti is currently a Professor of Nutrition at UC Davis. She is the Scientific Director of the Feline Nutrition and Pet Care Center and the Amino Acid Laboratory. She received the AVMF/Winn Feline Foundation Excellence in Feline Research award in 2016. Her current research interests are amino acid and trace mineral metabolism, obesity, carnivore nutrition, nutritional idiosyncrasies of the cat, improvement of pet foods and clinical nutrition.