Research/Areas of Interest:
Obesity Management
Client Education & Communication
Human Animal Interaction (HAI)
Education
- Doctor of Vet Medicine, Tufts-Cummings School of VM, USA, 2009
- MS, Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, United States, 2016
- BS, Duke University, Durham, United States, 2005
Biography
Deborah Linder, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Nutrition), is a board-certified veterinary nutritionist and Clinical Associate Professor at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, where she also earned her DVM. Dr. Linder's interests include talking about evidence-based nutrition everywhere from classrooms to exam rooms. She loves engaging the entire veterinary team to make nutrition information fun, helpful, and easily accessible to all. Her recent research has focused on safe and effective weight loss strategies for pets as well as developing and evaluating nutrition curriculum in veterinary schools. She is also Co-Director of the Tufts Initiative for Human-Animal Interaction and co-founder of the pet nutrition website www.petfoodology.org.