Katherine (Katie) LaVallee
- Interim Director of Animal Resources and Care Division
Life Sciences 1, Office 221, Virginia Tech
970 Washington St NW
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Responsibilities
Katie LaVallee has been appointed Interim University Attending Veterinarian and Director of the Animal Resources and Care Division, effective Dec. 1, 2024. LaVallee will be responsible for overseeing the care and use of animals used in research, testing, and teaching across the Virginia Tech campus.
Background
Most recently, LaVallee served Virginia Tech as a senior research veterinarian. Prior to joining the Virginia Tech community in 2023, LaVallee worked as a laboratory animal veterinarian at academic institutions including Wake Forest School of Medicine/Atrium Health and Mayo Clinic, and served as the Director for Laboratory Animal Medicine at ReAlta Life Sciences, a clinical stage biotechnology company in Norfolk, Virginia.
She is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and serves on several committees within organized veterinary medicine.
Education
LaVallee earned her doctor of veterinary medicine and bachelor of science in biology from the University of Missouri.