Externship

There is a continuing need for well-trained veterinary pathologists for positions in government, academic, and private sectors. To fill this need, the ACVP has established a Scholarship Program designed to support externship experiences for veterinary students interested in learning more about activities of veterinary anatomic and clinical pathologists.

Scholarship Application Form (PDF)

Spring Deadline: March 1; Fall Deadline: October 1

Externship Center Quick Links

• Externship Scholarship Program Description
• Externship Environments
• For additional Externship Opportunities, please visit the list of Training Opportunities in Veterinary Clinical Pathology/Externships below and the Society of Toxicologic Pathology's website at http://www.toxpath.org/student.asp
• You may want to do an externship at an institution that has a training program. Visit the ACVP Training Program Directory, to view a complete listing.

  Institutions: Please submit your externship positions via email to Jess Goedken at jgoedken@acvp.org.

Internships

• Johns Hopkins Department of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology Summer Internship

Additional Funding Sources for Externships
For additional funding sources for externships, please refer to the following websites:
In the US:

• American Veterinary Medical Association
  http://www.avma.org/savma/services.asp#avma-extern
• C.L. Davis Foundation
  http://www.cldavis.org/student_externships.html
• Association for Women Veterinarians Foundation
  http://www.womenveterinarians.org/Mainx.aspx
• American Association of Avian Pathologists (avian externships only)
  http://www.aaap.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=147&Itemid=156

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   Diagnostic Labs   Government Labs   Industrial Labs   Zoo/Wildlife Labs

ACADEMIC LABORATORY EXTERNSHIPS

• Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
  Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Anatomic
  Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Clinical
  Comparative ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin	Madison, WI
  The Jackson Laboratory	Bar Harbor, ME	Anatomic
  Johns Hopkins University Junior/Senior Year	Baltimore, MD	Anatomic and Clinical
  Johns Hopkins University Freshman/Sophmore Year	Baltimore, MD	Anatomic and Clinical
  MIT	Cambridge, MA	Anatomic
  Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	Anatomic
  Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	Clinical
  Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Anatomic
  Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN	Clinical
  SW National Primate Research Center/ SW Foundation for Biomedical Research	San Antonio, TX	Anatomic and Clinical
  Texas A&M University	College Station, TX	Anatomic
  University of Georgia	Athens, GA	Anatomic
  University of Pennsylvania	Philadephia, PA or Kennett Square, PA	Anatomic
  University of Wisconsin - Madison	Madison, WI	Anatomic
  University of Wisconsin - Research Animal Resources Center	Madison, WI	Anatomic
  Wake Forest University School of Medicine	Winson-Salem, NC	Anatomic
  Washington State University	Pullman, WA	Anatomic
  Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University	Atlanta, GA	Anatomic

  DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY EXTERNSHIPS

  Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
  Animal Reference Pathology	Salt Lake City, UT	Anatomic
  Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Anatomic
  Colorado State University	Fort Collins, CO	Clinical
  Diagnostic Lab of Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission	Little Rock, AR	Anatomic and Clinical
  Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute	Albuquerque, NM	Anatomic
  Purdue University	West Layfayette, IN	Anatomic
  Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, University of Wyoming	Laramie WY USA	Anatomic

  GOVERNMENT LABORATORY EXTERNSHIPS

  Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
  FRIEDRICH-LOEFFLER-INSTITUT (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health	Europe, Germany, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Anatomic
  National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab	Ashland, OR	Anatomic and Clinical
  National Cancer Insititute, National Institutes of Health	Bethesda, MD	Anatomic
  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	Research Triangle Park, NC 27709	Anatomic and Clinical
  Oregon Regional Primate Center	Beaverton, OR	Anatomic
  U.S. Armed Forces Institute of Pathology	Washington, DC	Anatomic
  Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR)	Metropolitan DC	Anatomic

  INDUSTRIAL LABORATORY EXTERNSHIPS

   

  ZOOLOGICAL/WILDLIFE LABORATORY EXTERNSHIPS

  Institution	Location	Anatomic or Clinical
  Seaworld	San Diego, CA
  Smithsonian National Zoological Park	Washington, DC	Anatomic
  Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study	Athens, GA	Anatomic
  Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, University of Wyoming	Laramie WY USA	Anatomic
  Zoological Pathology Program, University of Illinois	Chicago, IL	Anatomic
  Zoological Society of San Diego	San Diego	Anatomic