The University of Calgary faculty of veterinary medicine has appointed Dr. Baljit Singh as dean effective Sept. 1.
Singh replaces Alastair Cribb who term expires June 30. He found the Calgary school and was recently named Veterinarian of the Year by the Alberta Veterinary Medical Association.
Singh has been associate dean of research at the University of Saskatchewan since 2011. He holds a bachelor of veterinary sciences and animal husbandry and master of veterinary science from Punjab Agricultural University in Punjab. Further education was completed at the University of Guelph and Texas A&M University and Columbia University, New York. He also completed licensing requirements set by the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association and American Veterinary Medical Association for foreign veterinary graduates.
His research focuses in cell and molecular biology of lung inflammation and he is a widely published author in more than 90 peer reviewed journal articles and books.
