Jamie Anderson has a BS in animal science from the University of California Davis (UCD), and a BS in dental hygiene from the Dental School at the University of Southern California. She also earned her doctorate in veterinary medicine and an MS in comparative pathology at UCD. She completed her residency training in veterinary dentistry and then internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and is a diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College and the College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Anderson has spent most of her time in a specialty practice in San Francisco, which she co-owned with colleagues. She has always been interested in clinical research, especially where oral medicine meets internal medicine. In particular, she has received funding for many projects regarding the pathogenesis of stomatitis in cats and dogs and is now investigating the microbiome, and the immunology of the tumor environment.