Dr. Haskell received his DVM from the University of California, Davis in 1983. He also completed a PhD in environmental microbiology from UC Davis in 2008. Scott was in large animal private veterinary practice for 17 years prior to entering academia. Additionally, he has numerous scientific publications as well as textbook chapters and is the primary editor of the Wiley-Blackwell textbook Five Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant. Dr. Haskell is currently the Director of the Veterinary Technology Program at Yuba College. In 2010-2011 he was awarded the California Veterinary Medical Association Practitioner Fellowship Award in Clinical Pathology. During the 2011-2012 academic year he was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis. His professional interests include global veterinary medicine, educational curricular design and implementation, development and implementation of distance education programs, animal health monitoring, environmental pathogen microbiology, antibiotic resistance monitoring, global veterinary training opportunities and pre- and post-harvest food safety. In 2011, Dr. Haskell was awarded the Hayward Award for Excellence in Education by the California State College Chancellor’s Office. His international experience includes working with programs and consultancies in 29 countries.