Conflict of Interest Disclosure & Ethics Statement

I work hard to avoid any real, or perceived, conflicts of interest (COI) that might influence my writing. I do not allow advertising or sponsored posts on All Science Great & Small. I do not have a financial stake in any entities that sell drugs, supplements, diagnostic equipment, or lab tests.

However, some conflicts are unavoidable and transparency is the best solution. I do receive a small amount of my income for diagnostic work as a freelance contracting pathologist. My wife works for BluePearl Specialty & Emergency Pet Hospitals, which is owned by Mars, Incorporated.

I was previously employed by IDEXX Laboratories, Inc from January 2020 to March 2023 and left for multiple personal reasons. I am bound by a number of fairly restrictive legal agreements about what I worked on and where I can work for the next few years. I hold a modest amount of IDEXX stock that was acquired through both bonuses and an employee stock purchase plan. I have retained it to avoid selling at a loss, have not purchased any more since departing, and will potentially consider divesting in the future based on company actions. I don’t own stock in any other diagnostic, medical, pharmaceutical, or biotech companies other than as part of large, diversified index funds in my retirement account that passively track the entire market.

Prior to that, I was a co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Lacuna Diagnostics from 2018-2020, which was acquired by Heska in 2021; I received a small cash disbursement from my vested shares in the company after purchase. I was a resident and faculty member at Auburn University from 2013-2019, and have previously received grant funding from the ACVIM Foundation, the Winn Feline Foundation, and the Morris Animal Foundation.