Veterinary Residency Training with Graduate Research Opportunities

Veterinary Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology,  and Comparative Laboratory Animal Medicine Residency Training with Graduate Research Opportunities  

The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University offers post-DVM graduate training positions in contemporary comparative pathology and comparative laboratory animal medicine.  The core program includes residency training in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, microbiology, or comparative laboratory animal medicine and graduate research.  The program is designed to culminate in specialty board certification and granting of MS or PhD degrees.  Residency training is facilitated by a diverse faculty, 22 of whom are ACVP, ACVM or ACLAM board certified.  Graduate research opportunities include, but are not limited to, the study of bacterial and viral pathogenesis/therapy, mycobacterial diseases, arthropod borne infectious disease, retrovirus pathogenesis/therapy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, immunoparasitology, malarial molecular biology and immunology, vector biology, ecological parasitology and cancer or radiation biology.  The first three years of residency and graduate training are supported by state funded stipends.  NIH sponsored training grants and successful applications for extramural funding support subsequent graduate research.  Benefits include paid tuition and health insurance.  Applicants must have a DVM or equivalent degree from an AVMA accredited College of Veterinary Medicine/equivalent. 

Applications for positions starting July 1, 2021 will be reviewed promptly as they arrive until the position is filled. No submissions will be accepted after October 1st for anatomic and clinical pathology or after December 13th for Comparative Medicine.  For additional information and application procedures, visit: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/mip/.   The CSU online application will open in late August 2020, please select Fall 2021 as the application term, Pathology PhD as the program and indicate Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology as the Area of Study.  Applications for Comparative Medicine should be completed through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (www.virmp.org).

For further information about the combined program, please contact Dr. Amy MacNeill; tel. (970) 297-5112 or email: Amy.MacNeill@colostate.edu. 

Questions regarding the application process should be directed to: Ms. Heidi Runge; tel. (970) 491-1630, Collette Hageman: tel. (970) 491-3464 or by email: gradpath@colostate.edu. 

CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on all final candidates.