Teach-In: How do our pets think? How do we find out?

Start: Wednesday, June 25, 202507:00 PM

Gita Gnanadesikan holding a puppy
Gita Gnanadesikan
How do our pets think? How do we find out?

Speaker: Gita Gnanadesikan, PhD

Until April 2025, Dr Gnanadesikan was a FIRST (Fellowships In Research and Science Teaching) postdoctoral fellow at Emory University. For her PhD, she studied animal behavior, genetics and endocrinology at the University of Arizona. She is an expert on measuring oxytocin, a hormone associated with social interactions in humans and pets.

A Stand Up for Science Teach-In

*The importance of federal support for scientific research and its benefits for our community will be discussed!