Overview of Clemson and the CVM
Located in South Carolina’s beautiful and fast-growing Upstate, Clemson University is the land-grant university of South Carolina and ranks among the country’s top 50 national public universities in the U.S. News & World Report. The University has nearly 23,400 students (including nearly 18,600 undergraduates) who can select from 80 undergraduate and 110 graduate degree programs. Clemson employs over 1,150 full-time faculty and has an annual budget expenditure of over $900M. Clemson University maintains its status as an R1 Carnegie Research Institution while maintaining a strong focus on undergraduate education.
The CVM is currently seeking accreditation by the American Veterinary Medicine Association-Council on Education to offer the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree to approximately 80 students per cohort starting in 2026 (pending approval). The CVM plans to utilize a partial distributive model of clinical training for students. Its brand-new state of the art campus will reside in Pendleton, SC, near the T. Ed Garrison Arena, will house research and teaching labs, and utilize both ambulatory services as well as teaching sites at the Clemson University Equine Center, Lamaster Dairy Cattle Center, and other locations for education in the field.
In 2023, the Board of Trustees approved Clemson Elevate, the university’s new strategic plan. Clemson Elevate is built on 3 pillars: deliver the #1 student experience, double research by 2035, and transform lives statewide and beyond. The CVM was named as a strategic priority for the university, demonstrating the importance of the new college to the future of the university and the state. We are excited to attract a team of top talent as we build the new college.

Overview of the Position

Reporting to the Founding Dean and working closely with CVM’s leadership team, the Associate Dean of Research will:

• Work with college leadership to plan and implement strategic initiatives to enhance the impact and reputation of research programs within the College of Veterinary Medicine

• Advocate for clinical, translational, basic, and educational research in biomedical science and comparative medicine.

• Create a collaborative culture and build consensus among diverse faculty to help link clinical and basic science research to enhance translational innovations.

• Develop and support relationships and initiatives that drive interdisciplinary collaborations across our university and with universities and others across the Research Triangle and the state.

• Develop and support initiatives that increase community, engagement, belonging, and access across all aspects of our research enterprise.

• Provide oversight and support of our veterinary student research programs, as well as professional development opportunities for our postdoctoral fellows and research staff.

• Develop new processes that facilitate faculty research success, for example by decreasing barriers or increasing mechanisms for intellectual support.

• Provide budgetary and management oversight of the college’s Research Office and college equipment and research cores, and provide support to Clemson University’s Office of Animal Resources and Godley-Snell Animal Research Center.

• Work with college leadership to develop college vision and to plan and implement strategic initiatives.

• Maintain an active research program as an integral component for understanding those rewards and challenges.

• Serve as college research officer for compliance matters and liaison to the Office of Research