Speaker Biography

Associate Professor and Bailey-Goodwin Endowed Chair in Parasitology, Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. Reif received her Master’s of Science in Public Health from the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in 2005 and her PhD in pathobiology from the School of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University in 2009. After her doctoral work, Dr. Reif completed two postdoctoral fellowships. Her first postdoctoral position was as a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Veterinary Medicine and Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University and her second postdoctoral position was for the USDA-ARS Animal Disease Research Unit. In 2016, Dr. Reif accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. In 2021, Dr. Reif received tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. Dr. Reif is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medine at Auburn University and is the inaugural holder of the Bailey-Goodwin Endowed Professorship in Parasitology.

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