Veterinary Microbiology Residency Training with Graduate Research Opportunities

The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University is offering a post-DVM graduate training position in veterinary microbiology.  The core program includes residency training in veterinary bacteriology, virology, parasitology and graduate research.  The program is designed to culminate in ACVM board certification and granting of MS or PhD degrees.  Residency training is facilitated by a board certified virologist/immunologist, parasitologist and a bacteriologist.  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 immunology, vector biology, ecological parasitology and epidemiology.  The first two years of residency and graduate training are supported by state funded stipends starting at approximately $32,500/year.  NIH sponsored training grants and successful applications for extramural funding support subsequent graduate research.  Benefits include paid tuition and contributions to student health insurance.  Applicants must have a DVM or equivalent degree from a College of Veterinary Medicine/equivalent.  Applications for positions starting July 1, 2010 will be accepted until the position is filled. However, evaluation of applications will begin by October 1, 2009.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed as they are received. For additional information and application procedures, visit: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/mip/Graduate/Default.aspx .  For further information about the combined program, please contact Dr. Lora Ballweber; tel. (970) 297-5416 or email: Lora.Ballweber@colostate.edu or Dr. EJ Ehrhart; tel. (970) 297-4086 or email: EJEhrhart@colostate.edu.  Questions regarding the application process should be directed to: Ms. Andrea Guillory; tel. (970) 491-7861 or by email: gradpath@colostate.edu. 

Applications should be sent to: Residency Coordinator, c/o Ms. Andrea Guillory, Colorado State University, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, 1619 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO. 80523-1619

Colorado State University is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Institution.

Back to the Training Center