After finishing Veterinary School in Utrecht she did her PhD on “The role of leucocytes in E.coli mastitis”. Beside her job at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine she works at the University Farm Animal Practice in Harmelen, the Netherlands. In this large dairy practice she is responsible for the Herd Health Programs of the 330 dairy herds. Besides the preventive approach on dairy herds, she is conducting many randomized clinical trials in the field, in order to become more evidence for new and existing therapies.