Laura graduated from Veterinary school at Murdoch University in 2003. She worked in mixed practice for 2 ½ years before completing an internship in Equine Medicine and Surgery at Sydney University in 2006. Following this, Laura completed a residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Madison and became board certified with the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Laura returned to Australia and worked at the University of Adelaide as a Lecturer in Equine Medicine and then returned to private specialty practice and completed a Masters of Public Health part-time. She has completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne and the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship in antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary practice, publishing numerous papers on the topic in national and international journals. Laura continues to research in this area as a lecturer at the University of Melbourne.