Tuskegee University appoints new dean

TUSKEGEE, ALA.- 2/10/06 - Dr. Tsegaye Habtemariam was appointed dean of Tuskegee University's College of Veterinary Medicine and Nursing and Allied Health in January.

He has been with the university since 1999, serving as associate dean for research and graduate studies, director of the Center for Computational Epidemiology Bioinformatics and Risk Analysis, director of biomedical information management systems and professor of epidemiology and biomedical informatics.

Habtemariam earned his DVM from Colorado State University and the Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degree and the doctorate in philosophy degrees from the University of California-Davis.

Habtemariam has served on various editorial boards of scientific journals, received many honors and awards and is the president of the World Association of Veterinary Educators.