Dr. Jenny Wilson-Welder is a Research Microbiologist at the USDA National Animal Disease Center in Ames, Iowa, studying spirochete diseases in cattle. Her current research at the USDA focuses on all things dealing with “smelly hooves” including treponeme pathogenesis, model and vaccine development, immune response to chronic infections, and alternatives to antibiotic treatment. She received her PhD in Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine from Iowa State University in 2009 and has spent over 10 years with the USDA at NADC.