Dr. Carrie Wilson is a Research Geneticist at the USDA, ARS, U.S. Sheep Experiment Station. She earned her Ph.D. at Colorado State University in Animal Breeding and Genetics. Her research is driven by improving production efficiency and developing the ideal Western range ewe. Her interests are in improving economically important maternal traits, including lamb survival and ewe longevity by measuring novel traits (e.g., tracking animal interactions) and exploring new methodologies for estimating breeding values, including selection for twinning without an associated increase in higher order lambs. She aims to help the Western range producer become more productive and profitable through the use of applied genetic and genomic tools.