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Kristi L. Helke, DVM, PhD, received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her PhD in pathobiology was earned at Johns Hopkins Medical School in 2007, where she also completed her pathology residency following a year of private veterinary practice in Goose Creek, SC.

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Helke is a veterinary pathologist in the Department of Comparative Medicine, Division of Laboratory Animals at the MUSC College of Medicine. She has been employed at MUSC since 2007. During this time, she has developed numerous collaborations with researchers in many fields of interest at MUSC, including neuroscience, lipidomics, cancer, and transplant researchers. She has several successful collaborations with local biotech companies, and she oversees their animal studies, which are performed at MUSC.

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Helke is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists. She has served the following professional organizations either as a member of the board of directors, committee chairman and/or officer: Southeastern Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Society for Toxicologic Pathology, and the Trident Veterinary Medical Association.

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Her publications and presentations are mainly in the areas of neuroscience and cancer, as well as pathology, with many collaborative publications with researchers in varied fields: They are as follows: Abstracts (56), Journal Articles (61), Book Chapters (5), and Oral Presentations (16).