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Meet Dr. Hans Coetzee associate Dean of research and graduate programs Professional Background Dr. Hans Coetzee earned his bachelor of veterinary science degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. After graduation, he worked in mixed animal practice in Northern Ireland for 4 years, then in pharmaceutical research and development at Norbrook Laboratories. He was awarded a specialist certificate in cattle health and production from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2000 and earned a doctorate in veterinary microbiology from Iowa State University in 2005. He holds dual board certification in Dr. Hans Coetzee (right) makes a presentation to a Clarenbug Lecture speaker, Dr. Scott the American College of Veterinary Powers, at the K-State College of Veterinary Medicine. Photo by Joe Montgomery. Clinical Pharmacology and the American College of Animal Welfare and is a European specialist in program focused on pain assessment and pain management animal welfare, science, ethics and law. in livestock, has published more than 220 peer-reviewed Dr. Coetzee was an assistant professor, and later a scientific papers and has received over $20 million in tenured associate professor of clinical pharmacology research funding. He also enjoys gardening, fly fishing and in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Kansas State spending time with his wife, Tiffany, and his twin daughters, University from 2005 to 2011. He was then appointed as Scarlett and Anabelle. an associate professor and director of the racing chemistry laboratory at Iowa State University and served there as Goals and Objectives a tenured professor from 2014 to 2016. He returned to In his new role as associate dean for research and Kansas State University in October 2016, where he has graduate programs, Dr. Coetzee plans to focus on served as department head of anatomy and physiology implementing the goals of the new Next-Gen K-State prior to his appointment as associate dean for research university-wide strategic plan. Growing the university and graduate programs in July 2023. Dr. Coetzee was research enterprise and annual research expenditures to selected as a University Distinguished Professor in 2022 $300 million is a strategic imperative of the new plan. and is recognized by Stanford University as top 2% of “Currently, research activities in the CVM are supported by researchers in the world. He maintains an active research approximately $20 million in research expenditures. Our 30 | wildcatveterinarian
