Dr. Baseler was a graduate scholar in the NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program in partnership with Purdue University and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, July 2010 - 2015.
Dr. Baseler received her B.S. and M.S. from Iowa State University. She also completed her D.V.M. degree at Iowa State University (2010). She began her graduate fellowship and pathology training in July of 2010 at Purdue University. After completion of the initial diagnostic pathology and pre-dissertation research training at the university, she relocated to Hamilton, MT for her dissertation research on emerging viral infections including Nipah virus and the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, with Heinz Feldmann, M.D., Ph.D., at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Rocky Mountain Laboratories. She received a travel award to present her work at the 32nd annual meeting of the American Society for Virology, State College, PA, July 20-24, 2013.“Histological Comparison Of Respiratory Tract Lesions In Hamsters Intranasally Inoculated With Nipah Virus Isolated From Malaysia Or Bangladesh.”
Upon recieving her Ph.D. in 2015, her career took her to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as an asssistant professor. In July of 2017, she moved to British Columbia, Canada to work at the University of British Columbia and the Animal Health Centre as a veterinary pathologist specializing in fish pathology, while still maintaining her position at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
