Kristen Mothershed, CVT, LAT

Staff Veterinary Technician and Clinical Instructor
Division: Animal Science
Office Location: Russell House, Leicester
Phone: 774.354.0696
kristen.mothershed@becker.edu

Kristen Mothershed earned her bachelor’s degree in animal science with a concentration in bioscience and technology from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to coming to the Becker College Lenfest Animal Health Clinic in 2009, she worked at Shire Pharmaceuticals in Boston, helping develop ADHD medication and conducting research on Fabry’s disease and Gaucher’s disease. Kristen has also worked at Ischemix, Inc., where she contributed to a publication on cardiac ischemia research in rats.

Publications/Presentations

“Potent Peptides for Protection against Cerebral and Cardiac Ischemia” In Bridges between Disciplines: Proceedings of the Third International and the Twenty-Eighth European Peptide Symposium (August 2004)

Teaching philosophy

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.” -Booker T. Washington