Dr. Mary Robinson is a Diplomat of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology and a graduate of the Veterinary Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Pennsylvania, having obtained a Veterinary Medical Doctorate and a PhD in Pharmacological Sciences. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Pharmacology at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine (PennVet) New Bolton Center. As the Director of the PennVet Equine Pharmacology Research Laboratory, she and her team study the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of banned substances in horses, as well as biomarkers of banned substances and disease processes in the equine athlete. Dr. Robinson is also the Acting Director of the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory within the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, which performs equine drug testing on approximately 30,000 post-race samples per year.