Dr. Barbara Qurollo is a research assistant professor at North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She obtained her DVM from Colorado State University before completing an internship in Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in Milwaukee, WI. Following her internship she spent 3 years studying vector-borne diseases in companion animals as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at NC State - CVM. Her research efforts are focused on vector-borne disease in wildlife and companion animals and improved methods of detecting disease across wildlife, pets, domesticated animals and humans.