Dr. Paul Plummer is Executive Director of NIAMRRE as well as the Dean of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville. His academic role as both a board-certified food animal internal medicine and infectious disease specialist coupled with a PhD in veterinary microbiology, and his leadership of an active research laboratory, place him at the intersection of translational research focused on AMR. In addition, he serves Chair of the Presidential Advisory Council for Combating Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria (PAC-CARB) and serves on the American Veterinary Medical Association Committee on Antimicrobials.