Alexis Thompson, DVM, PhD, DACVPM (Epidemiology), is the Resident Director of the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in Canyon, TX. She first joined TVMDL in 2023 as a bovine veterinary diagnostician and was promoted to resident director in 2024. In 2015, Thompson earned a bachelor’s degree in animal science from the University of Kentucky. She earned a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2019, completed a residency in Population and Preventive Medicine in 2022, and earned her doctorate in 2023, all from Mississippi State University. Thompson is boarded in veterinary preventive medicine (2023) and epidemiology (2024).