Speakers

Lawrence, Jessica

Dr. Lawrence earned her DVM in 2003 from the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada. She completed a one-year rotating internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Florida Veterinary Specialists & Cancer Treatment Center and residency training in Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is an active Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Radiology (Radiation Oncology), American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Oncology), and European College of Veterinary (add on Radiation Oncology).

Dr. Lawrence is currently a Professor of Veterinary Radiation Oncology at the University of California, Davis. Previously, she was an Assistant Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Georgia, Senior Lecturer and Head of Oncology at the University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, and Associate Professor of Veterinary Radiation Oncology at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Lawrence continues to serve as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She has widely published in comparative and translational oncology, with her current research focused on overcoming the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment and manipulating immune responses to improve tumor radiosensitivity