Jianzhong Shen is a Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at China Agricultural University, Beijing, China. He received his DVM from Beijing Agricultural University in 1985, his MS in Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology from Beijing Agricultural University in 1988, and his Ph.D. from the College of Basic Science and Technology, China Agricultural University in 1997. He has been working at China Agricultural University since 1988. His research interests include animal-derived food safety detection technology; emergence, transmission, risk assessment of antibiotic resistance in bacteria of animal origin, and ecological toxicology of veterinary medicine.