The UC Davis Comparative Pathology Laboratory is pleased to welcome Dr. Sarah Cook, DVM, PhD, DACVP, who has joined CPL full-time as a staff pathologist.
We are pleased to welcome Dr. Sarah Cook to our team. Dr. Cook is a board-certified anatomic pathologist with expertise in comparative pathology, translational research, ocular pathology, and digital pathology.
We are pleased to share that the Comparative Pathology Laboratory will be launching a new online submission portal and project tracking system on August 3rd, 2026.
This enhanced portal is designed to streamline the submission process, improve communication and clarity, and provide greater visibility into your projects from submission through final reporting. Our goal is to make working with CPL more efficient, transparent, and user-friendly.
After 12 years with the Comparative Pathology Laboratory and 7 years as Director, I will be stepping down effective September 30th, 2025. Leading this team has been one of the greatest privileges of my career. I’m deeply grateful to our staff, faculty collaborators, SVM leaders, campus partners, and valued clients for our shared commitment to excellence, on behalf of the animals in teaching and research and the scientific breakthroughs that we all help to advance.
Drs. Pedro Ruivo, Marietta Barro, Polly Chen, Javier Zarrate and Denise Imai-Leonard attended the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in Seattle, WA.
We're excited to announce that our own Comparative and Experimental Pathologist Dr. Pedro Ruivo DVM, MSc, DACVP, will be taking the spotlight at the Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology department seminar hosted by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine.
The Comparative Pathology Laboratory has invited Dr. Sharon Yang from the Translational Pathology Shared Resource at Vanderbilt University Medical Center to speak at the Biomedical Research Awareness Day at UC Davis on April 18th. Dr. Yang will be summarizing in situ molecular techniques (immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization) and discussing comparative strengths and limitations, approaches to validating biomarkers, and impact on research outcomes.
ADVOCACY DAY 2024. Denise Imai-Leonard, Director of the Comparative Pathology Laboratory, went to Capitol Hill to advocate for the future of veterinary medical education with Dean Stetter of UC Davis and Dean Tegzes, Executive Associate Dean McClure and Director Diniz from Western University. The need is pressing. Access to care, food safety, animal welfare, pandemic prevention, medical innovation, environmental health and conservation, are only a few spaces in which veterinarians are critically needed.
