Elise Bernaerdt graduated in 2016 as a veterinarian – option Pig, poultry, rabbit - at Ghent University. After graduating, she immediately started working as a practice veterinarian at Veterinary Practice De Linde in Retie. In 2018 she started in the epidemiology team of Prof. Jeroen Dewulf, and afterwards she became an assistant to Prof. Dominiek Maes is part of the pig health care team of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. She mainly works on projects on antibiotic reduction and biosecurity on pig farms.