Dr. Michelle Verant is a wildlife veterinarian for the National Park Service who enhances and protects wildlife health and well-being in parks through technical assistance and training, policy and veterinary consultation, and science communication using approaches that recognize the interconnectedness of animals, humans, and the environment. Michelle completed her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Master of Public Health at the University of Minnesota and completed her Ph.D. investigating the epidemiology and pathogenesis of bat white-nose syndrome at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the USGS National Wildlife Health Center.
