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Dr. Bernal oversees all aspects of the SNPRC animal care and use program. He has more than 36 years of experience in laboratory animal care and medicine. To increase the number of certified laboratory animal technicians at Texas Biomed and other institutions, he has developed institution-wide training and certification programs. Dr. Bernal has been integral to developing the SNPRC study process manual that details all of the steps required to complete a study from start to finish. Dr. Bernal oversees and develops standard operating procedures for: Comprehensive socialization and environmental enrichment plan Preventative medicine program (frequent physicals, TB testing, parasite evaluation, viral testing) Veterinary care program Aseptic technique Management of pain and distress Animal enclosure sanitation.

Dr. Matthew Berry joined the faculty at the College of Veterinary Medicine as Assistant Professor last year, but he’s been part of the college since he arrived as a veterinary student in 2013. After completing the DVM program in 2017 he stayed and completed his rotating internship and residency in medical oncology. He is continuing training in a PhD program to expand on his research interests and he enjoys challenging veterinary students to think as a referring veterinarian and discussing how to work with the oncology team to provide the best possible care for the patients they will refer.

Dr. Toborowsky grew up in Philadelphia and attended Washington University in St. Louis for his undergraduate degree in East Asian studies. After graduation, Dr. Toborowsky worked as a zookeeper at the St. Louis Zoo for two years and fell in love with primate social systems and behavior.
Dr. Toborowsky completed a graduate degree in ecology, evolution, and systematics at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. While earning a master’s in biological anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Toborowsky lived on and off in Madagascar for six years and completed graduate theses on the behavior, ecology, and olfactory communica­tion of wild lemurs.
Dr. Toborowsky took some time off after graduate school to work as a tour guide and trip leader for an active travel company, leading biking and hiking trips all over the world for four years. After graduating from veterinary school at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Toborowsky completed a small animal rotating internship at Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., and a cardiology specialty internship at BluePearl in Southfield, Mich. Dr. Toborowsky did a cardiology residency at the University of Georgia and worked as a staff cardiologist at a large non-profit hospital in New York City before joining the incredible cardiology team at University of Illinois.