Combined Veterinary Pathology and Research Training or Research Training Following Residency

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Cancer Research (CCR) is currently recruiting trainees to begin July 1, 2010 for a Comparative Molecular Pathology Graduate Partnership Training Program conducted with a consortium of universities that includes the Colleges of Veterinary Medicine at:

• North Carolina State University - Program in Comparative Biomedical Sciences
• Michigan State University - Program in Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation
• University of Illinois - Program in Comparative Pathology
• University of Maryland - Program in Veterinary Medical Sciences
• Purdue University – Program in Comparative Pathobiology

The NCI CCR has been joined by The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) to develop a comprehensive training program for veterinary pathologists.  The objective of this program is to address the nation's unmet needs for investigators and scientific collaborators with expertise in animal models of human disease who are trained to function as pathologists and to engage in research.

Apply for training and connect with 10 other veterinary pathologists currently in training.  Trainees take advantage of the rich veterinary pathology training expertise and graduate education resources at a partnership university for up to 2 years.  This is followed by relocation for additional pathology and research training in the intramural laboratories of the NIH in Bethesda or Frederick, Maryland.  The 4 NIH institute sponsors provide many well-established scientists who serve as PhD dissertation research mentors in a wide variety of disciplines.  In addition NIH has 10 staff ACVP-certified veterinary pathologists. 

Training leads to a Ph.D. and eligibility for certification as a veterinary pathologist.  Trainees may enter the program at the initiation of their veterinary pathology training experience, during training, or following residency.  Trainees may come from any residency or AVMA-recognized college of veterinary medicine.  Support includes stipend (range from $48,400 to $69,200 based upon relevant experience), tuition, health insurance benefits, an allowance for relocating from the university training phase to the NIH, as well as travel and other training support.

Candidate veterinarians must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents, and have less than five years postdoctoral experience.  Apply on-line, for fellowships with up to 5 years support beginning July 1, 2010, through the NIH Graduate Partnership Program at http://gpp.nih.gov/Prospective/InstitutionalPartnerships/ Web site for on-line applications opens August 2009.   Review of applications begins October 16, 2009, and continues until a class is selected.  Separate application(s) must also be sent directly to partnership university graduate schools of choice. 

Training Program Information.   For information contact either Jonathan S. Wiest, Ph.D., CCR Assoc. Dir. for Training and Education at wiestj@mail.nih.gov or R. Mark Simpson, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP at ncimolpathol@mail.nih.gov  or at 301-435-6276.  The NIH websites http://ccr.nci.nih.gov/resources/training/default.asp and http://gpp.nih.gov/Applicants/ProspectiveStudents/MolecularPathology/
offer detailed program information.

Additional information may be obtained from university partnership program directors
North Carolina State University – John Cullen, V.M.D., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
Michigan State University – Matti Kiupel, D.V.M., Ph.D. Dipl. ACVP or Scott Fitzgerald, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
University of Illinois – Wanda Haschek-Hock, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP or Matt Wallig, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP
University of Maryland - Nathaniel Tablante, D.V.M., M.S., Dipl. ACPV or Siba Samal, B.V.Sc., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVM
Purdue University - Margaret Miller, D.V.M., Ph.D., Dipl. ACVP

DHHS, NIH, NCI, NHLBI, NIAID, and NIDDK are Equal Opportunity Employers

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