Claudia Wolschrijn graduated in 1991 as veterinarian from Utrecht University, and subsequently completed a residency in Surgery of Companion Animals, also in Utrecht. Since 1998 (since 2012 as associate professor)  she has worked at the Clinical Sciences department, division Anatomy and Physiology, where she is responsible for the teaching of Veterinary Anatomy. Her main focus fields are: reduction of the laboratory animal use in (veterinary) education.