Board Member
Noé Tirado-Muñiz, DMV, DVM, MS, CPIA, MHFA
Veterinarian and LAR Director, Wright State University
Bio
Dr. Tirado-Muñiz obtained his DMV from The Superior Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Havana, Cuba (now the Agrarian University of Havana "Fructuoso Rodríguez Pérez”) in 1984 and his second veterinary degree (DVM) in 1994 from The Ohio State University. After being in private practice, he joined the Laboratory Animal Residency Program at OSU where he researched the effect of mechanical workload on myocardial water content using an isolated rabbit heart model, later obtaining his MS in 1999.
At OSU he worked as a laboratory animal veterinarian, taught as adjunct assistant professor for the College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine and was a teaching team member for the College of Pharmacy course "Puerto Rico: A Cultural Look at Health Care". He was an active member of the Ohio State University Hispanic Oversight Committee and the Organization of Hispanic Faculty and Staff and was involved in cultural activities at the university level. He also served as Chair of the Diversity Committee for the University Laboratory Animal Resources.
In addition, he has worked in industry where he gained additional experience in clinical medicine, toxicology, ophthalmology and other areas.
Dr. Tirado-Muñiz joined the University of Kentucky Office of Research Integrity (ORI) in 2011 and is currently the Associate Attending Veterinarian and Associate Director for the Office of the Attending Veterinarian (OAV). He serves as Executive Secretary to the IACUC and his functions include IACUC administration, policy development, completion of federally mandated reports, IACUC education and Principal Investigator orientation among others.
In 2020 he founded NTM Veterinary Consulting Services LLC, a company dedicated to providing veterinary consultation services to local research institutions.
More recently he joined Wright State University as the Attending Veterinarian and LAR Director, where he oversees the program of veterinary care.
He was a member of the PRIM&R Diversity Advisory Group and has been involved in Latino community advocacy activities in Lexington Kentucky including the "Festival Latino de Lexington", the "Festival Latino Health Fair".