Arlin Rogers DVM PhD, is a board-certified veterinary pathologist with a dual appointment as Chief of Comparative Pathology and Principal Research Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Rogers’ laboratory studies molecular mechanisms of human liver cancer using mouse models, with an emphasis on the role of gender and microbes in tumor promotion. He frequently collaborates with other scientists characterizing experimental disease in animal models, and directs a busy veterinary diagnostic laboratory. He is author or co-author of more than 60 scientific papers and multiple book chapters.