Valérie Freiche graduated from Alfort National Veterinary School near Paris, France. After her graduation, she completed an internship and French internal medicine specialisation at the Department of Internal Medicine in the same Vet School. She defended her PhD project about the Comparative Oncogenesis of Indolent T-cell Lymphoproliferative Intestinal Disorders in cats and humans. This study involved both human and vet researchers and this collaboration is still ongoing. Nowadays Valerie is a member of the Internal Medicine Department of Alfort Vet School, and she is involved in clinical teaching and research. She is the head of the gastroenterology consultation. She is currently the vice-president of the ECVIM-European Society of Comparative Gastroenterology (ESCG). Her main interest is gastroenterology, particularly digestive oncology and interventional endoscopy. Her publication list consists of journal articles, research abstracts and book chapters. Valérie is strongly involved in veterinary continuing education.

Jan S. Suchodolski is a professor, Purina PetCare Endowed Chair for Microbiome Research, associate director and head of microbiome sciences at the Gastrointestinal Laboratory at Texas A&M University. He received his DrVetMed from the University Vienna, Austria and his PhD in veterinary microbiology from Texas A&M University. He is board certified in immunology by the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists (ACVM). His research is focused on developing biomarkers for gastrointestinal disease and therapeutic approaches for the modulation of the intestinal microbiota. He has authored or co-authored more than 360 peer-reviewed articles in the area of veterinary gastroenterology and microbiome research.

Kathrin Busch completed her doctoral thesis about “Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome” at the Small Animal Clinic of the Ludwig Maximilians university in Munich, Germany. After an internship, she remained loyal to the small animal clinic and internal medicine and completed her residency in 2018. Since then, she has been working there as a senior physician and has rediscovered her love for gastroenterology. Her research focuses on the intestinal microbiome, its influence on other organ systems and fecal microbiota transplantation.

Dr. Jason Gagné is a Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionist® and is Purina’s Director of Program Management where he develops strategies to cascade research across Purina’s portfolio of Brands. He also works with innovation and renovation of dietary formulations, developing clinical trials, and Sales and Marketing. Prior to, and throughout his residency at Cornell, he served as an Associate Veterinarian in a small animal practice in Syracuse, New York. Jason has authored several publications in veterinary journals and textbooks, given scientific presentations at the regional and national level, and serves as a scientific reviewer for leading journals.