Dr. Austin Viall is an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of California Davis. Originally hailing from the Pacific Northwest, Austin is a graduate of Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine and completed his clinical pathology training at Oregon State University. Austin previously worked at Iowa State University for almost 7 years, where he was the Clinical Pathology Laboratory Director, until very recently joining the clinical pathology team at the University of California Davis. He has special interests in developing novel immunoassays and has helped design and implement flow cytometric assays for canine lymphocyte immunophenotyping, immune-mediated hemolytic anemia, and immune thrombocytopenia. His research focuses on investigating neutrophil extracellular traps, immune-mediated hematologic diseases in dogs, and novel oncogenic factors in canine lymphoma and osteosarcoma. Austin is heavily involved in clinical pathology training at the specialty level, serving in various education-associated and trainee certification roles for the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) and American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology (ASVCP). He is also actively engaged in advancing the veterinary pathology discipline through his recent roles as the president of the ASVCP and member of the ACVP Certifying Examination Board.