Carolyn Henry's Biography

Carolyn Henry, Professor of Oncology, University of Missouri

Dr. Henry is a Professor with dual appointments at the College of Veterinary Medicine and the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri. Trained at Auburn University and board certified in oncology since 1994, Dr. Henry served on the Washington State University faculty before relocating to the University of Missouri in 1997. She has served on the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) Board of Regents and is past president of both the Veterinary Cancer Society and the ACVIM Specialty of Oncology. In April 2010, Henry was named Faculty Facilitator for the Mizzou Advantage One Health/One Medicine initiative by the Office of the Provost—a position that serves to foster multidisciplinary educational and research opportunities between human and veterinary medicine and the basic sciences, both within the University of Missouri and with outside collaborators. She was also recently appointed as Interim Associate Director of Research for the Ellis Fischel Cancer Center. Her research interests include canine bladder cancer, mammary cancer, osteosarcoma, and comparative oncology/cancer epidemiology.