Gabriela Canel

Emergency Services Department: Assist and shadow lead veterinarians, vet techs, and vet students during appointments with animal restraint, specimen collection and transport and inventory. I also clean, restock, set up and take down rooms between appointments and maintain the laundry queue as needed. I get to shadow consultations with neighboring specialties and observe minor and major procedures and surgeries depending on the need of the patient visit.

Primary Care Department: assisted in appointments, animal restraint, client education, inventory, took down and set up exam rooms, and shadowed lead veterinarians and vet students during exam visits, minor procedures and specialty consults. Collected specimens, prepared and transported them to the on-site lab for testing and often received supplies and medications from the pharmacy and nutrition departments.

Working alongside the vet team with the Rehabilitation and Integrative Medicine department at UC Davis’s small animal clinic in partnership with The Vet Aid Club at UC Davis.

Worked under UC Davis Ecology Master’s student in partnership with the Animal Sciences Department. Sorted through GoPro video footage of Common Tern behavior to log aggression, learned and practiced behavior scoring, attended weekly meetings, and implemented R coding via behavioral and video analysis.

Work closely with animal keepers to develop skills in managing the care, health, and welfare of a variety of zoo animals through husbandry skills. Assigned to Children's Zoo - String 7A/B.

Assist in Biology department for Anatomy and Physiology. Clean, set up, and restock supplies and equipment needed for student lab use. Assist professors and staff as needed.

Work along side NSAS Division Administrative Assistant III. Provide support for the office of the Dean of Physical Sciences. Perform faxing, filing and other administrative duties as necessary.

Work along side Chemistry Department Lab Technician, assist in preparing and disposing of chemicals for Chemistry Lab use. Perform inventory, clean, organize, and stock lab equipment as needed. Assist in setting up chemicals, instruments, and equipment for chemistry lab use. Tend to students and staff for inquiries concerning supplies as needed

Contract completed.

Currently working alongside Color Biometrics and SFUSD to provide COVID Testing to San Francisco students for in-person schooling.

Aspiring Wildlife Veterinarian with interests in Animal Behavior and Post-release Research

Pursued pre-requisites for Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Science's joint program for Medical Assisting and Phlebotomy.