Dr. Subhashinie Kariyawasam is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine at the University of Florida. She has board certification in three separate specialty colleges: the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, with specialties in bacteriology/mycology and immunology; the American College of Poultry Veterinarians; and the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine. She is board-eligible for the American Board of Medical Microbiology. Nationally, she has been actively engaged in a number of important committees with the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists, the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, and the American Association of Avian Pathologists.