After serving as the interim associate dean of research for just under a year, Molly McCue, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM, professor in the Department of Veterinary Population Medicine (VPM), was named associate dean of research at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM). McCue assumed the permanent role on August 5.

The associate dean of research seeks to enhance and strengthen the vitality of the CVM’s research efforts. The position is charged with leading the research mission of the College, continuing to implement the CVM’s research strategic plan, and reviewing the current functions of the Research Office.

McCue received both her bachelor’s degree and DVM with honors from Kansas State University (KSU) in 1998 and 2000, respectively. She then completed a large animal internship at the University of Georgia from 2000–01 and an equine internal medicine residency at KSU from 2001–04. McCue earned her master of science from KSU in 2004. She became board certified in large animal internal medicine in 2005 and earned her PhD from the CVM in 2007. She was a postdoctoral associate and Morris Animal Foundation fellow at the CVM from 2007–08.

McCue joined the CVM’s faculty in the VPM in 2008. Since 2016, she has served as the director of research at the University of Minnesota Leatherdale Equine Center. McCue’s personal passion for research’s role in advancing veterinary medicine, improving animal welfare, and educating up-and-coming veterinary professionals and researchers make her the ideal candidate for the position.

“I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to support and invest in the College’s impressive and innovative research,” McCue says. “In May, the QS World University Rankings listed the CVM’s research impact score and citations as the 12th-highest in the world for veterinary schools. I look forward to making the CVM’s research my number one priority and am proud to do so at one of the world’s top research institutions.”