Dr. Rhiannon Wallace is a Research Scientist in Food Microbiomics at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Agassiz Research and Development Centre. She completed her BSc and PhD in Microbiology at UBC Okanagan. Before joining AAFC, Rhiannon worked at the Australian National University on a large-scale Campylobacteriosis study, using epidemiology and whole-genome sequencing to understand disease sources and risk factors. Her current research combines molecular biology and genomics to track the transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria—including Salmonella, E. coli, and Enterococcus—across the One Health continuum.