Laurel E. Redding

Laurel E. Redding is a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine. She specializes in veterinary epidemiology, focusing on microbial transmission at the human-animal interface, antimicrobial stewardship, and gut microbiome health. Her research explores Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) dynamics in relation to animal contact and has been funded by NIH, USDA, and other institutions.

Dr. Redding serves as the director of the Human-Animal Health Interface at Penn Vet’s Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Safety. Her work bridges veterinary medicine and public health, emphasizing antimicrobial use patterns and their implications for human and animal populations.