Dr. Hille Fieten is assistant professor at Utrecht University as European Specialist of Companion Animal Internal Medicine, with a special interest in Hepatology. Her research interests are in Hepatology and Genetics and she obtained her PhD by elucidating the genetic background of copper-associated hepatitis in Labrador retrievers. She currently is the director of the Expertise Centre Genetics of Companion animals (www.uu.nl/ecgg) where she works with her team work on the eradication of hereditary diseases from companion animal populations.