{"id":6653,"date":"2020-09-25T14:47:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/kimber-appointed-biomedical-sciences-department-chair\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T14:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T19:47:48","slug":"kimber-appointed-biomedical-sciences-department-chair","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/kimber-appointed-biomedical-sciences-department-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimber Appointed Biomedical Sciences Department Chair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wd-u-ObjRight\"><strong><img alt=\"Dr. Michael Kimber\" src='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/Kimber_Michael_BEST-0U8A4108-web-5.jpg\n' style=\"max-width: 400px; width: 100%; height: auto;\"><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>September 28, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael Kimber, professor of biomedical sciences, has been named chair of Iowa State University\u2019s Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) in the College of Veterinary Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Kimber has served as the department\u2019s interim chair for the past year.<\/p>\n<p>A faculty member at Iowa State since 2006, Kimber also served as a post-doc at Iowa State after graduating with a PhD in molecular parasitology from Queen\u2019s University in Belfast.<br \/>\n\tAt Iowa State, Kimber\u2019s research has focused on neuromuscular biology of parasitic worms in particular the role played by small molecule transmitters in an effort to identify novel targets for antiparasitic drugs. He has recently launched efforts to develop a vaccine for a currently incurable mosquito-borne illness (lymphatic filariasis).<\/p>\n<p>He is a past recipient of the College of Veterinary Medicine\u2019s Mid-Career Achievement in Research Award.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- <div>From <a href='https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/kimber-appointed-biomedical-sciences-department-chair'>https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/kimber-appointed-biomedical-sciences-department-chair<\/a><\/div> -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6652,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6653","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"site_sections":["BMS","VETMED"]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kimber Appointed Biomedical Sciences Department Chair - 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