Dr. Melanie Dobromylskyj works at a commercial diagnostic laboratory as a small animal diagnostic histopathologist, combining this with under-graduate and post-graduate teaching and various research collaborations. She gained her PhD in molecular immunology in 2009, became a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2014, an honorary lecturer in anatomic pathology at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 2015, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2020. Her interests include feline pathology, immunohistochemistry, and research with a strong diagnostic and prognostic bias. Melanie currently shares her home with four cats, two teenagers and a husband, and her garden with six goats, fifteen chickens and several thousand honey bees.

Dr. Brian G Murphy is a Professor at the University of California, Davis (UCD) in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology where he has interdependent research, instruction and diagnostic missions. He initially developed an interest in oral and orthopedic disease during eight years as a small animal veterinary practitioner near Seattle, Washington. A passion for teaching and a desire to discover eventually landed him in concurrent pathology residency and graduate training programs at Washington State University. After completing the residency and PhD in 2007, Brian began a career as an anatomic pathologist at UCD where pathologists are encouraged to develop system or species-specific interests; his interests have focused on the nuances of oral and orthopaedic pathology. He has interests in both the diagnosis and pathogenic mechanisms of diseases in these systems.