Heather Graham obtained her degree in Veterinary Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in Utrecht, The Netherlands in 2019. After graduating, she took up the position of veterinary microbiologist in training at the department of diagnostics and crisis organization at Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (Lelystad, The Netherlands). Heather has since been involved in the interpretation of test results, test development including quality systems and the communication towards clients including the Dutch authorities regarding the diagnostics of notifiable and non-notifiable diseases. In addition, Heather specializes in (notifiable) equine diseases and notifiable bee diseases and acts as point of contact for these diseases. She also has a special interest in parasitology and has been leading the diagnostics of parasites at the department of diagnostics since October 2023. In 2024, she passed the examinations of both the ECVM as well as the ACVM. Between 2021 and 2024, Heather was a board member of the European Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (EAVLD) and acted as a point of contact for other organizations, like the ECVM.