Dr. Nora Springer is a veterinarian and biomedical researcher in the field of comparative cancer biology. She has a joint appointment as an investigator, heading a research program focused on the link between obesity and cancer development, and as a diagnostician in the clinical pathology laboratory. Originally from York, Pennsylvania, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Marietta College in Ohio. She then earned an Associates Degree in Applied Sciences Degree in Veterinary Technology from LaGuardia Community College and worked as a licensed veterinary technician in a progressive companion animal hospital in New York City. After working several years as a veterinary nurse, Dr. Springer enrolled in veterinary school at Kansas State University, earning her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2008. Following her DVM degree, Dr. Springer completed a companion animal rotating internship at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, a clinical pathology residency at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, and a PhD in Comparative Biomedical Sciences, also from Cornell University. Dr. Springer became board-certified in Veterinary Clinical Pathology in 2013. Before coming to UT, Dr. Springer was on faculty at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine from 2017-2021, where she served as the Section Head for the Clinical Pathology and Clinical Immunology laboratories. She joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee in January 2022.