Winn Feline Foundation adds two veterinary consultants

Hillsborough, N.J.

-- The Winn Feline Foundation has added two veterinarians to its panel of consultants.

Shila Nordone, MS, PhD, and Patricia Gallo, DVM, PhD have joined the panel, which advises the Foundation Board of Directors on its review of research proposals submitted for grant awards.

Nordone graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor of science in animal science in 1990. She then earned a masters degree in nutritional physiology from Iowa State University, followed by a doctorate in immunology at North Carolina State University. Nordone currently works as a research assistant professor and instructor in veterinary immunology at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Gallo graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1988. She earned a masters degree in nutritional sciences and a doctorate in nutritional biology from the University of Connecticut. Gallo owns T.H.E. Boston Cat Hospital in Boston. She also serves as a member and former board of directors member of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP) and has served on the AAFP Research Grant committee since 1995.