Dr. Meenakshi Malik, DVM, PhD has been named associate dean of health sciences.
In this new role, Dr. Malik will support the growth of all life sciences and allied health sciences programs at the College. Dr. Malik will continue to provide leadership and oversight of initiatives that pertain to health sciences, including accreditation, strategic planning, growth, administration, budgets and operations. She will serve as an administrative leader of the College while balancing her faculty portfolio, responsibilities as a professor, and other duties.
"This work is critical as ACPHS continues to grow health sciences programs at the College, strategically align our academics with our new vision statement, and generate greater visibility for ACPHS," said Toyin Tofade MS, PharmD, BCPS, CPCC, FFIP, president and professor, ACPHS. "Dr. Malik’s appointment reflects the energy and passion she has shown for health sciences and her unparalleled commitment to spearheading the growth of academic programs at the College."
She will report to Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs Anuja Ghorpade and her appointment is effective immediately.
Dr. Malik received her PhD in Immunology from Indian Veterinary Research Institute in 1998 and completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Albany Medical College in the field of Microbial Pathogenesis in 2008. She joined the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences as an assistant professor in 2010 and rose through the ranks to become full professor in 2020. She serves as the director of the BS Microbiology and MS in Molecular Biosciences programs and teaches Microbiology and Bacterial Pathogenesis courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Dr. Malik has been the recipient of more than $2.5 million in funding from the National Institutes for Health for her research program on intracellular bacterial pathogens. She has also published 50 papers and given more than 100 presentations at national and international conferences in the field of host-pathogen interactions. She is a member of multiple study sections at NIH and the American Heart Association.