DAFVM Spotlight Employee: Nicole McBrayer
Nicole McBrayer
Nicole McBrayer has spent 10 years running lab work at the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine’s Animal Health Center, but she said helping patients never gets old.
From routine blood work to urinalysis, McBrayer looks for abnormal results that might shed some light on the causes of the patients’ problems.
“We run labs for small and large animals -- cats, dogs, horses and cows. Lab work helps clinicians diagnose what might be wrong with the patient,” McBrayer said. “I really enjoy when we’re able to help the clinicians diagnose something that will help them treat a patient. We don’t see the animals much -- we work in the lab with the samples, but it feels like we’re making a positive difference when we find information to help the clinicians.”
McBrayer graduated from the Mississippi University for Women with a degree in microbiology. After attending medical technology school in Tupelo, she worked in human medicine before migrating to veterinary medicine.
“I like taking results and solving problems,” she said.
McBrayer and her husband Keith will celebrate fifteen years of marriage this year. They have two children: 11-year-old Laura and 8-year-old Will.
McBrayer enjoys reading, traveling, and going to MSU football games with her family.
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