Published October, 2014

The University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has named David Horohov, PhD, as interim chair of the Department of Veterinary Science—a position which also serves as director for the Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center—and Jenny Evans as interim executive director of the Gluck Equine Research Foundation.

Horohov, professor and Jes E. and Clementine M. Schlaikjer Endowed Chair at the Gluck Center, specializes in equine immunology research. He joined the Gluck Center in 2003. Previously, he was a professor of veterinary immunology within the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine.

Horohov earned his bachelor’s in entomology from Pennsylvania State University, his master’s in insect pathology from Purdue University, and his doctorate in immunology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He completed a post-doctorate in cytokine biology with the Food and Drug Administration.

Evans has served in a communications and event planning role with the Gluck Foundation and Gluck Center since 2009. Prior to her time at UK, Evans was a reporter with The Kentucky Standard, Thoroughbred Times, and The Springfield Sun. She earned her bachelor’s in public relations from Eastern Kentucky University and her master’s in writing from Spalding University.

According to College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Dean Nancy Cox, MS, PhD, Gluck faculty will be leading the effort to establish a permanent chair and haven’t yet set a timetable. Industry stakeholders will serve an important advisory role during that process.

At the Oct. 7 Gluck Foundation Board meeting, a committee of board members and Gluck Center faculty was formed to determine the future vision for the foundation’s executive director position. That process is expected to begin soon.

Holly Wiemers, MA, APR, is communications director for UK Ag Equine Programs.