GARY ANDERSON
Director, Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, and professor of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology
Gary Anderson is the director of K-State's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Anderson is also the vice president of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians and he is on the Dean's Administrative Council for K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine.
Anderson has worked in vaccine research and development for decades. He holds numerous patents, has received several grants and has published more than 60 articles and book chapters.
Anderson's work in bovine health and disease includes serving on the Bluetongue-Bovine Leukosis Committee of the United States Animal Health Association, and the World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization's Working Team on Bluetongue. He also has served on the North Central Region Experiment Station Project, NC-107.
In addition to his work with cattle, Anderson is involved in swine diagnostics and infectious disease research. He has served on the Transmissible Diseases of Swine Committee of the United States Animal Health Association.
He is currently a member of the Biologics Committee of the United States Animal Health Association. He has served on the board of the American Association of Veterinary Immunologists and has been the editor of the group's newsletter. Anderson also has served on the editorial boards for the American Journal of Veterinary Research, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology journal, and Journal of Immunology.
Anderson received an associate degree in business from Central College in 1971; he received a bachelor's degree in microbiology from South Dakota State University in 1975; and a doctor of veterinary medicine and a master's degree in veterinary pathology, both in 1979 from K-State. He also received a doctorate in comparative pathology from the University of California-Davis in 1983.
Anderson can be contacted at 785-532-4454 or ganders@vet.k-state.edu