Kansas State University has named Tammy Beckham as the next dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine, effective August 2.

Beckham is currently the director of the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases, or IIAd, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in College Station, Texas. Since 2010, she has led the IIAd’s efforts to perform research and develop products to defend the nation from high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic diseases.

Beckham has also served as director of the Texas A & M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.