Anette Baumer graduated in 2002 from the Veterinary Faculty of the University of Berne. In 2003 she started her doctoral thesis at the national reference institute for rabbit and poultry diseases (NRGK), University of Zurich. During her thesis in an avian influenza monitoring project she established molecular methods for avian influenza diagnostics. Anette received her DVM in 2005.

After having worked as a veterinary for three months on the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Anette returned to Switzerland and started her post-doc at the Institute of Virology and Immunoprophylaxis (IVI). She participated in an international research project on avian influenza (Constanze) where she established and validated different molecular and serological tests for avian influenza. She was also involved in the Swiss avian influenza surveillance program.

In 2007 Anette joined the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) working group for the prevention and management of zoonotic disease outbreaks that is mandated to SAFOSO. Anette is responsible for coordination and management of this group.