David Ballard, PsyD, MBA, our guest on this week’s episode of Central Line: The AAHA Podcast , is not just a visionary – he's an expert in what makes organizations psychologically healthy, and he’s helped groups all over the human healthcare ecosystem get there. Thanks to connections that led him to Veterinary Visionaries, he’s turning that expert eye toward veterinary medicine. Check out this excerpt from our conversation.

Are people more likely to feel empathy for animals, or for humans? The answer is complicated, but it boils down to a question of context.

Researchers at the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine used state-of-the-art molecular evolution tools to assess how pressures from natural selection may have influenced the canine coronavirus’ evolution.

Veterinarians are seeing a rise in cases of cannabis poisoning in pets as the legalized use of marijuana for recreational purposes continues to spread.

The US pet industry continued its strong recovery from the pandemic, surging 14% overall to $123 billion in 2021. 

Researchers have successfully restored dim-light vision to dogs with an inherited disorder that causes night blindness.

Progressive hearing loss early in life in both dogs and humans is known as early-onset adult deafness (EOAD) and some dog breeds—such as border collies and Rhodesian ridgebacks—are more prone to it than others.

The first update of the guidelines since 2015 includes some big changes.

And perhaps not surprisingly, that figure breaks down along generational lines.

Researchers at Clemson University have discovered a genetic variation associated with an often fatal esophageal disorder common in German shepherds—and developed a test to check for it.