Dr. Mitchell Palmer received an AA from Snow College in 1983, a BS from Utah State University in 1985, a DVM from Purdue University in 1989, and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University in 1996. He practiced large animal veterinary medicine in Wisconsin for 3 years before returning to school to obtain a Ph.D. in Veterinary Pathology. Dr. Palmer has been a research scientist at the United States Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center for 30 years. His research has centered on bacterial diseases of livestock and wildlife, specifically bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis, and has focused on the areas of pathogenesis, diagnostics, and vaccine development. He has also published research on Mycobacterium mungi in banded mongoose in Botswana, bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV), bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVD) in cattle and deer, bovine leptospirosis, bovine digital dermatitis, Johne’s disease in cattle and deer, swine respiratory diseases, atypical porcine pestivirus, epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV), malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) in deer, fading elk syndrome, cryptosporidiosis, West Nile virus, and SARS-CoV-2 in swine, cattle, and deer.