{"id":10622,"date":"2024-10-24T15:14:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=10622"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T19:14:51","slug":"purdue-announces-national-leader-in-animal-health-as-new-veterinary-dean-and-hospital-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q4\/purdue-announces-national-leader-in-animal-health-as-new-veterinary-dean-and-hospital-ceo","title":{"rendered":"Purdue announces national leader in animal health as new veterinary dean and hospital CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue University Provost Patrick Wolfe announced Thursday (Oct. 24) that Dr. Bret Marsh, Indiana state veterinarian and the state\u2019s top-ranking animal health leader, will join Purdue to serve as its next dean and hospital CEO of the College of Veterinary Medicine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marsh, a first-generation college student from rural Indiana who earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in animal sciences from Purdue\u2019s College of Agriculture and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the college he will now lead, has held several national leadership roles throughout his tenure with the state of Indiana. Among these, he served as special detail to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture\u2019s homeland security staff following 9\/11 and has held leadership roles with the United States Animal Health Association, serving as president and as a member of its board of directors. He has also assisted the American Veterinary Medical Association \u2014 the primary accrediting body for colleges of veterinary medicine worldwide \u2014 as the state\u2019s delegate and later as a six-term treasurer, and the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association as its president and board chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marsh will step into his Purdue role on Nov. 4 as dean and clinical professor of veterinary medicine, with a focus on Purdue\u2019s One Health initiative<\/a>. He succeeds distinguished veterinary pathologist and campus leader Willie Reed, who served 17 years as dean and for whom the Reed Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory on campus is named<\/a>. Marsh\u2019s appointment follows extensive consultation and feedback garnered through a national search<\/a> led by Lucy Flesch, Purdue\u2019s Frederick L. Hovde Dean of the College of Science, with input from a 10-person search advisory committee comprising faculty, staff, students and external stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be more pleased to have recruited someone of Dr. Marsh\u2019s caliber to take our cherished college to new heights,\u201d Wolfe said. \u201cThere is much work to do in advancing our land-grant mission, both by better serving our state and by advancing us to the top rank of colleges nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a strong slate of international finalists and key observations coming out of the search process, the priorities for Marsh as the college\u2019s next leader are clear: enhance and expand its research profile, take a leading role in the university\u2019s One Health<\/a> strategic priority and concomitant design of a new Life Sciences Research Building<\/a>, and create net \u201cveterinarian brain gain\u201d for Indiana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy career in veterinary medicine has been built on safeguarding animal health through innovation and partnerships, with a passion for public service to the people of Indiana. I look forward to continuing those efforts as dean,\u201d Marsh said. \u201cAs Indiana state veterinarian, I saw how animal health is inextricably linked to environmental and human health \u2014 from food safety to farms to pets in our homes. I want to ensure Purdue is leading the way in One Health through research and preparing the next generation of veterinarians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the course of his career, Marsh has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n