Current Professional Activities

• Nonhuman Primate Field Specialist, Center for Animal Welfare, Animal Care, APHIS, USDA, Kansas City, MO (June 2015-Present)

Past Professional Activities

• Senior Clinical Veterinarian/Attending Veterinarian, WIL Research Laboratories LLC. Ashland, OH (December 2008-May 2015)
• Attending Veterinarian, Division of Animal Resources, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Hillsboro, OR (October 2007 to May 2008)
• Chief, Clinical Medicine Unit/ Assistant Veterinarian, Division of Animal Resources, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Hillsboro, OR (September 1998 to October 2007)
• Division Head (interim), Division of Animal Resources, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Hillsboro, OR (June 2000- January 2002)
• Primate Medicine Resident, California Regional Primate Research Center, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA (August 1996 to August 1998)
• Visiting Veterinarian, Veterinary Resources Program, Office of Research Services, National Institutes of Health, Poolesville, MD (April 1998 to May 1998)
• Visiting Veterinarian, Department of Comparative Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (October 1997)
• Veterinary Extern, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA (January- February 1996)
• Veterinary Extern, Los Angeles Zoo, Los Angeles, CA, (September- October 1995)

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

• Member of an IQ Consortium working group of stakeholders in Pharma and the CRO industry working to enhance implementation of the 3Rs and set industry-wide standards for animal care and use- a group that aspires to be a US version of NC3Rs, 2013 - 2015
• Editorial review board for Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Medicine, 2010 - 2012.
• Editorial review board for Comparative Medicine, 2010 - 2012.
• Trustee on the Board of Directors for the Association of Primate Veterinarians, 2006-2008
  
  • Program Committee, 2006-2009
  • Regulatory Committee Chair, 2007-2008
  • Strategic Planning Committee member, 2006-2011
• Reviewer for the Journal of Medical Primatology, 2006-present
• Board member on the Advisory Board for the Veterinary Technician Certification Program, Portland Community College, 2002-2008
• Hosted annual nonhuman primate wet labs for senior veterinary students from Oregon State University, 1999-2003; and for the International Zoo, Exotics, and Wildlife Club in 2007

Special Interests

• Education and Outreach, especially as it relates to understanding nonhuman primates

Memberships

• Association of Primate Veterinarians 1997- current
• American Society of Primatologists 2005- current
• Association of Zoos & Aquariums 2016- current

Current Research/Clinical Interests

• Optimizing welfare

Favorite Book, Movie, and/or Song

• Book: Outlander by Dianna Gabaldon
• Movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Song: Good Girls by Beach Bunny

Favorite Quote

• "She stood in the storm; and when the wind didn’t blow her way, she adjusted her sails."

What You Like Most About VIN

• I’m still figuring it all out. All the resources and the sense of community.