Dr. Taylor received her DVM from Washington State University in 2001 and then completed an equine internship at San Luis Rey Equine Hospital in Bonsall, CA. She then worked for one year in private equine ambulatory practice in Tacoma, WA before completing a residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at the University of California, Davis in 2006. Dr. Taylor then entered a graduate program at Washington State University and received a PhD in equine immunology in 2010. She began employment at Purdue University in December of 2010 and is currently an Associate Professor, dividing her her time between clinical work, teaching, and research in the field of equine sepsis.