New Dean at the Atlantic Veterinary College appointed
The University of Prince Edward Island's Board of Governors recently accepted the recommendation of the search committee for the Dean of the Atlantic Veterinary College. Dr. Greg Keefe was successfully appointed.
'On behalf of the University, I congratulate Greg on his appointment as Dean,' says President and Vice-Chancellor Alaa Abd-El-Aziz. 'UPEI will certainly benefit from his leadership ability and his longtime service to AVC and to the broader community. I thank the Vice-President Academic and other members for their serving on the Search Committee.'
'I look forward to working with Greg as the AVC embarks on a period of increased funding stability with the recent signing of a 10-year interprovincial funding agreement,' adds Vice-President Academic Christian Lacroix. 'There are a number of initiatives that, under Greg's leadership, will be advanced to enhance the College's teaching, research, and service excellence.'
Dr. Keefe holds a Master of Business Administration, specializing in Agriculture, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the University of Guelph; and a Master of Science in Epidemiology from the University of Prince Edward Island.
After contract positions at AVC and the Ontario Veterinary College, Dr. Keefe returned to UPEI as a tenure-track associate professor in 1996 and was awarded accelerated tenure in 2000, becoming a full professor in 2005.
Widely published, Dr. Keefe's areas of research expertise include milk quality and mastitis, dairy production medicine, infectious disease epidemiology and Johne's Disease. He is an Innovation PEI Industry Chair and as Director of Maritime Quality Milk (MQM), he has grown the research and service program into one of the leading dairy health centres in Canada. In addition to farm-focused research activity, MQM develops and evaluates new animal health technologies and offers productivity and disease surveillance services to the industry, improving raw milk quality at the farm gate and decreasing health costs.
The University is very grateful to Dr. Dan Hurnik for his leadership and commitment while serving as Interim Dean over the past year.
Dr. Keefe will begin his new role for a six-year term effective March 1, 2015.
Congratulations, Dr. Keefe.
