Rate My Professor Jen Davis

Jennifer Davis is Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech. An alumna of Virginia Tech with a BS in Animal Science in 1994 and DVM in 1998, she earned an MS in Specialized Veterinary Medicine in 2002 and a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacology) in 2006 from North Carolina State University. Board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2002 and the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology in 2005, Davis's career includes an equine medicine and surgery internship at Mississippi State University (1998-1999); residencies in equine internal medicine (1999-2002) and clinical pharmacology (2003-2006) at North Carolina State University; faculty positions there as Clinical Assistant Professor (2006-2007), Assistant Professor (2008-2014), and Associate Professor of Equine Medicine (2014-2016); and consulting veterinarian for the Food Animal Residue Avoidance Databank (FARAD) since 2003. She joined Virginia Tech as Associate Professor in 2017 and was promoted to Professor in 2024.

Davis specializes in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and population modeling; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics; judicious use of antimicrobial drugs; adverse drug effects; and pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions in veterinary medicine. As director of the FARAD Virginia Tech component, she provides recommendations on withdrawal intervals to prevent drug residues in food-producing animals, safeguarding the food supply. She received the 2021 Zoetis Excellence in Teaching Award, NCSU Thank a Teacher Award (2013), AAVPT/ACVCP Graduate Student Research Award (2004), USP Fellowship Award (2004-2005), Leroy Coggins Graduate Fellowship Award (2004), and ACVIM Young Investigator Research Award (2001). Key publications include "Pharmacology of drugs used in autoimmune dermatoses in dogs and cats" (2024, with H.L. Tham), "The Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutic Evaluation of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs in Adult Horses" (2023, with M.A. Mercer et al.), and she served as principal investigator on a USDA-NIFA FARAD grant ($149,999, 2020-2021). Her contributions advance veterinary pharmacology, teaching, and food safety.