Dr. Emma Adam will begin her new role on July 1. | Photo: Courtesy Milt Toby/University of Kentucky

Emma Adam, BVetMed, MRCVS, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVS, PhD, has been named the equine outreach veterinarian for the University of Kentucky (UK) Department of Veterinary Science. She will begin July 1.

“I am very pleased to welcome Dr. Emma Adam to our program in this very important role,” said David Horohov, PhD, department chair and Gluck Equine Research Center director. “The purpose of this position is to enhance the overall outreach efforts of this department in terms of our teaching, service, and research activities. Dr. Adam is uniquely qualified for this position given her exceptional expertise in equine surgery and medicine as well as her research background.”

The position was created to provide a better link between the research and diagnostic laboratories and those UK serves, said Nancy Cox, MS, PhD, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment