collegenews Marc Kinsley Named LVMC Executive Director Dr. Marc Kinsley, associate professor of large animal surgery at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, and Dr. Melissa Esser, assistant professor of large animal internal medicine at Michigan State, have been appointed to the faculty in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Kinsley has been named the executive director of the Lloyd Veterinary Medical Center, while Esser will serve as a clinical assistant professor of veterinary clinical sciences. Both appointments are effective January 3, 2022. A faculty member at Michigan State since 2014, Kinsley was also on the faculty at Oregon State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. He worked in private practice in a New York veterinary clinic after graduating from Cornell University in 2008 with his DVM. Kinsley is a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Surgery and his research focuses on osteoarthritis and developmental orthopedic diseases. Esser received her DVM from Oregon State University in 2008 and is a diplomate in the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine. She previously served as a clinical instructor for large animal internal medicine at the University of Minnesota. “Marc and Melissa are wonderful additions to our college team,” said Dr. Dan Grooms, the Dr. Stephen G. Juelsgaard Dean of Veterinary Medicine. “Both are accomplished clinicians, educators and leaders who will build on the college’s reputation for excellence. I am confident they will work effectively with veterinarians and clients across the state who share our passion for animal health.”
VACCINE TRAINING Dr. Justin Brown, assistant teaching professor in veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, was among College of Veterinary Medicine faculty, residents and fourth-year professional students who administered COVID vaccines at Iowa State University’s mass vaccination clinics held last spring. Prior to the clinic, Brown and 40 other veterinary medicine personnel underwent training on giving the vaccines to humans. Photo: Christopher Gannon
CVM Receives High Ratings in International Rankings The College of Veterinary Medicine is 17th internationally and second in the United States in the 2021 ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects for veterinary sciences. Only the University of California-Davis is rated higher than Iowa State in these rankings among U.S. veterinary colleges. Ghent University is ranked number one overall. ShanghaiRanking ranks institutions in 54 subjects including veterinary sciences. To be included in the ranking, the universities need to have a minimum number of research publications from 2015-19.
Miller Named VMPM Chair Dr. Cathy Miller has been appointed the chair of the Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine. She has served as the department’s interim chair for the past year after replacing Dr. Michael Wannemuehler. A faculty members at Iowa State since 2006, Miller also served as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School. She holds
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a PhD in molecular microbiology and immunology from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine. Miller’s research focuses on the interface between viruses and the cells they infect. Her lab is also involved in a number of projects examining the molecular mechanisms involved in influenza A virus pathogenicity and immunology in both swine and humans.
