Merck Animal Health expands veterinary and consumer affairs team
Merck Animal Health has expanded its staff with a new member fir its veterinary and consumer affairs team.
Jessica Meisinger has joined the company as a consumer affairs account manager, with a focus on efforts to establish partnerships with members of the food and companion animal industries.
The veterinary and consumer affairs team was started as a way to address the needs of company partners in the companion animal and food production animal industries. Its focuses include understanding industry member needs, sharing information, insights, research and helping with informed decision making.
Meisinger earned a master’s degree in meat science and muscle biology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and a doctorate in meat science from Colorado State University.
Before starting with Merck, she was the director of science, communication, and education for both the National Renderers Association and the Fats and Proteins Research Foundation in Virginia, where she did sustainability work for the meat industry and animal agriculture.