Jolianne Rijks graduated in 1988 in Veterinary Medicine at Utrecht University and received her PhD from ErasmusMC in 2008. From 1988 to 2002 she worked mainly in primary animal health care in several different African countries. Since 2002, she works in wildlife disease surveillance at the Dutch Wildlife Health Centre (DWHC; www.dwhc.nl). DWHC is currently embedded in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University.