Brown named director of Laboratory Animal Health   Dr. Bobby G. Brown ’68 has joined the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine as the director of Laboratory Animal Health. He will also be the associate executive director of Animal Resources for Auburn University.   He recently retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, where he had worked since 2001 as associate director for Veterinary Public Health. Previously he was a captain with the U.S. Public Health Service at CDC and at the National Institutes of Health.   Dr. Brown earned his doctor of veterinary medicine degree from Auburn in 1968, a master’s degree in surgery from Colorado State University in 1971, and a certificate of residency in surgery from the School of Aerospace Science at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He received diplomate status in the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine in 1974. Upon leaving the Air Force in 1975, he took a position at Auburn as an assistant professor. In 1982, Dr. Brown became the founding dean of the School of Veterinary Medicine at Ross University. He reentered federal service at CDC in Atlanta in 1986.   Over the years he has worked with many people and groups researching various public health problems in infectious diseases ranging from syphilis, leprosy and malaria to hepatitis C, Ebola, monkeypox, and many other zoonotic diseases.   Welcome back to Auburn!   Return To News