Jennifer Halleran is originally from New Jersey. She received a B.S. in Animal Science and Microbiology from University of Rhode Island. She attended Colorado State University for veterinary school and received her DVM in 2014. From there, she completed a ruminant health internship at North Carolina State University, followed by a large animal internal medicine residency at Oklahoma State University. She became a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Large Animal in 2019. Following her residency, she completed a PhD in Infectious Disease at NCSU. She is currently on faculty at NCSU with a research focus pertaining to enteric bacteria and their antimicrobial resistance profiles in large animals.