Dr Deborah S. Finlaison is the Principal Veterinary Virologist for the Virology Laboratory at the Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, NSW Department of Primary Industries, NSW, Australia. She graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science (Veterinary) (1993) and in Veterinary Science in 1995. She completed her PhD. in 2010 on "Studies of the porcine myocarditis syndrome". Her research interests mainly include animal viral disease diagnosis and research, Bungowannah virus, pestiviruses, caprine arthritis encephalitis virus, arbovirus infections of livestock, and host–pathogen interactions.