Timothy C. Schell, Ph.D. Acting Director - Center for Veterinary Medicine

Timothy C. Schell, Ph.D., is the Acting Director for the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. CVM regulates animal food, drugs, and devices, including those intended for pets as well as the animals that produce the meat, milk and eggs for human consumption. Most recently, Dr. Schell led CVM’s Office of Surveillance and Compliance.

Dr. Schell joined CVM in 2000 as a reviewer of new animal drugs for swine and poultry. Over the course of his tenure, he held increasingly more challenging and higher profile positions throughout CVM that solidified his expertise in animal food and drugs, as well as applied research. He held the position of deputy director of the Division of Animal Feeds from 2009-2014, and also served in leadership roles as acting director and acting deputy for more than a year at CVM’s Office of Research.

Between 2015 and 2019, Dr. Schell was at Elanco Animal Health where he led regulatory affairs strategies in several different areas, expanding the firm’s global initiatives in animal drugs and feed additives.

Dr. Schell earned his Master of Science and Ph.D. in animal nutrition at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia. He completed his undergraduate degree in animal and dairy sciences at Auburn University.

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