Jodi McGill received her M.S. in Pathology in 2007 and Ph.D. in Immunology in 2010, both from the University of Iowa working with Dr. Kevin Legge. She did her postdoctoral training at the National Animal Disease Center, USDA under the guidance of Dr. Randy Sacco and Dr. Ray Waters studying the immune response to respiratory infections in cattle. Jodi is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine at Iowa State University. The focus of Dr. McGill’s research is to understand the immune response to respiratory infections, and to develop intervention strategies to promote protective immunity in the respiratory tract. The McGill lab has a One Health approach, exploring the immune system in multiple animal models to benefit both human and animal health. She currently studies the immune response to several viral and bacterial pathogens that cause bovine respiratory disease complex in cattle. Jodi was awarded the John G. Salsbury Endowed Chair in Veterinary Medicine in 2021. Dr. McGill’s research has been supported by private industry, not-for-profit research foundations and federal research dollars from the USDA and National Institutes of Health. Jodi has served as President of the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists in 2022, sat on the program committee for the Conference for Research Workers in Animal Diseases from 2021-2023, and currently sits on the Veterinary Immunology Committee for the American Association of Immunologists. Dr. McGill currently serves as the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the College of Veterinary Medicine at ISU.