Dr. Hume earned her DVM from Auburn University in 2003. She completed two internships at the University of Georgia, followed by a medical oncology residency at North Carolina State University. She became board-certified in oncology by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in 2008. Her next training experience was as one of the first clinical fellows at Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she then served as a faculty member until joining Michigan State. She is a member of the Veterinary Cancer Society.

Dr. Alison Masyr earned her Bachelor of Arts (’11) in biology from Oberlin College and her DVM (’17) from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She then completed two internships—the first in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, and the second in Medical Oncology and Clinical Trials at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. Most recently, Dr. Masyr completed a Master of Science and a Medical Oncology residency at the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. She is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in the specialty of Oncology.