Associate Animal Program Director
Chief, Experimental Primate Virology Section
Education:
D.V.M., 1993, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park, MD
Biography
Dr. Richard Herbert is the research veterinarian for the NIAID nonhuman primates held at the National Institutes of Health Animal Center (NIHAC) in Poolesville, Maryland. Dr. Herbert is a graduate of Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (1993). He worked as a clinical practitioner and owner of a large animal practice in Maryland for eight years. His career in laboratory animal medicine started in 2001, working as a contract clinical veterinarian. In 2003, Dr. Herbert obtained a government position working with the Division of Veterinary Resources as a clinical veterinarian at the NIHAC and then advanced from this position to become facility veterinarian and section chief in 2007. In 2009, he joined NIAID to provide veterinary support to research animals including nonhuman primates, cattle, sheep, pigs, and horses. His research interests include surgical and medical management of nonhuman primates on infectious disease and aging studies.