Jennifer Koehl, VMD, MPS

Dr. Jennifer Koehl is a 2008 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. She has worked in small animal general practice, emergency, and relief roles throughout her career in addition to adjunct teaching.

Dr. Koehl began teaching for Pennsylvania State University in 2017 in the Biology Department at Penn State Altoona where she led anatomy and physiology courses for health professions majors. In 2022, she assumed the role of Assistant Teaching Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator at Penn State's University Park campus for all Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences majors across the campuses. She also coordinate the One Health minor and faculty advisor for the One Health Club.

Her passions are One Health curriculum and emerging infectious diseases. She loves One Health and Public Health so much she recently completed a master's degree program called Homeland Security: Public Health Preparedness.

Never one to back down from a challenge, Dr. Koehl pursued a winding career path and made her employment choices out of both necessity and passion. She is adept at finding transferrable skills in pre-veterinary students and veterinarians and is happy to share her story for career inspiration. She created and still administrates a social media page dedicated to non-clinical veterinary positions in North America.