Dr. Katie Flynn

Dr. Katie Flynn was raised on a Standardbred racehorse farm in South Grafton, Mass. She received her undergraduate degree in Animal Science from the University of Massachusetts. In 2001, she received her veterinary degree from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.  In 2002, Dr. Flynn began a regulatory career with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Animal Health Branch (AHB), where she held several positions, including field veterinarian, livestock health program veterinarian, and equine staff veterinarian. While at CDFA, Dr. Flynn participated in numerous equine disease responses including equine herpesvirus-1, equine infectious anemia, equine influenza, equine piroplasmosis, and contagious equine metritis. Dr. Flynn left California in 2020 to continue her regulatory career as the Kentucky State Veterinarian. In March 2023, Dr. Flynn followed her equine infectious disease interest and accepted the position of senior staff veterinarian for equine health and biosecurity with the United States Equestrian Federation. Dr. Flynn now focuses her efforts on protecting and promoting the health of equine athletes in the United States and abroad. Dr. Flynn is an international subject matter expert on equine biosecurity, authoring the Biosecurity Toolkit, which has been distributed to all 50 states and 12 countries.