Elijah Edmondson graduated from The University of Georgia with B.S. in Cellular Biology and D.V.M. degree. He completed his Ph.D. in Cancer Genetics at Colorado State University and completed his residency in anatomic pathology. He currently works as a staff pathologist in the Laboratory Animal Sciences Program at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNL). He also serves as a Certified Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology and the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. His research focuses on disease models, pathology, genomics, bioinformatics, transcriptomics, germline genetic diversity, and individual susceptibility to disease.