Brian Lubbers to lead clinical sciences department
Thursday, May 15, 2025
The College of Veterinary Medicine has appointed Brian Lubbers to serve as interim department head of clinical sciences. Lubbers is taking over duties for Elizabeth Davis, executive associate dean, who has served as department head since 2016.
Lubbers currently teaches pharmacology and beef production medicine courses, advises graduate students, and serves on departmental, college and university committees. He is a contributing member of the Beef Cattle Institute.
"Dr. Lubbers has graciously agreed to lead the largest department in the college, with responsibilities for core and elective courses in every year of the professional program, delivering approximately 55% of the curriculum," said Bonnie Rush, Hodes family dean. "We are grateful that Dr. Lubbers has stepped up to this significant responsibility to lead faculty, students and outcome assessment within the clinical training program."
Lubbers started his career in private veterinary practices in California and Iowa before returning to K-State to complete his graduate and residency training in pharmacology. He was a lead instructor in the veterinary technician program at Brown Mackie College before rejoining the College of Veterinary Medicine at K-State as a clinical assistant professor in the Kansas State Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. He joined the department of clinical sciences in 2019 as an associate professor in food animal therapeutics — outreach.
He is a regular contributor to the Beef Cattle Institute's "CattleChat" and "Bovine Science with BCI — After the Abstract" podcasts, and he has previously served as chairholder for the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute — VAST and as a voting member on the Presidential Advisory Council for Combatting Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria.
Lubbers received a bachelor's degree in human biology in 1997 from the University of Kansas. He then attended K-State, where he received a doctorate of veterinary medicine in 2002 and a Ph.D. in microbiology and pharmacology in 2009. He is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology.