Deborah Kochevar

Deborah Kochevar is Dean Emerita at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and a Senior Fellow at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, both at Tufts University. She received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Texas A&M University, a PhD degree in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Texas, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and a Master's degree in Global Business Administration from the Fletcher School at Tufts.

Dr. Kochevar is a former Congressional Science Fellow to the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, a diplomate and past president of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, and is active in the American Veterinary Medical Association, having chaired its Council on Education and the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates. She completed service as president and chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges in 2013.

Dr. Kochevar has published in peer-reviewed research and teaching journals and garnered extramural funding for her work. She has won college, university, and national level teaching awards and has developed special interests in international aspects of inter-professional health education and global One Health diplomacy.

Research/Areas of Interest:

• Global One Health diplomacy
• Inter-professional curriculum development
• Clinical and translational science
• Veterinary education accreditation

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, USA, 1987
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, USA, 1981
• Masters in Global Business Administration, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, MA, USA, 2021
• Bachelor of Arts, Rice University, TX, USA, 1978

Tufts University Appointments

• Dean Emerita, Cummings School & Senior Fellow, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
  Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Dean's Office - Cummings-Vet, 1 Jun 2019 - present
• Senior Fellow
  Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1 Jul 2019 - present
• Professor
  Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Comparative Pathobiology, 1 Aug 2006 - 15 Mar 2023
• Provost and Senior Vice President ad interim
  Tufts University, Central, Provost's Office, 16 Apr 2018 - 30 Jun 2019
• Dean, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
  Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Dean's Office - Cummings-Vet, 1 Aug 2006 - 20 May 2018
• Henry and Lois Foster Professor
  Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Dean's Office - Cummings-Vet, 1 Aug 2006 - 20 May 2018