Colleen obtained her veterinary degree from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) in Saskatoon, Canada and went on to study epidemiology in at both the WCVM and CSU followed by an anatomic pathology residency at CSU. In her current position, Colleen works as a pathologist at the CSU Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, teaches veterinary students and is involved in a variety of research projects. Colleen likes to combine her skills as a diagnostician with her training in epidemiology to investigate health events in groups of animals, particularly wildlife. Colleen is on sabbatical with the Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative for 2015-2016 and working on tools to better study the cumulative effects of multiple stressors on the health of wild animals. (March 2016)