Dr. Allison C. Vilander is an assistant professor at the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University. She graduated from the University of Washington in 2006 and obtained her DVM degree from Washington State University in 2014. Subsequently, she completed her anatomic pathology residency at Colorado State University in 2017 and earned her Ph.D. in pathology in 2020. She has been certified by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. Her laboratory studies the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus as an oral vaccine vector and pre- and pro-biotic influences on the development of the mucosal immune system. She also works and performs research in the field of veterinary diagnostic pathology.