ACVP > Externships for Veterinary Pathology

American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Organization/Company	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Location	Research Triangle Park, NC
Website	http://www.niehs.nih.gov
Pathology Environment	Government
Discipline/Field of Study	Anatomic and Clinical
Length of Externship	Summer Externship (1-3 months duration for students after their 1st or 2nd year) Junior/Senior Year Externship (3-6 week duration for students in 3rd or 4th year)
Time of Year	Any time
Funding/Stipend	No
Housing Provided	No (Housing will run $400/week)

Description of Externship:

The NIEHS externship is designed for veterinary students to work directly with veterinary clinical and anatomic pathologists within National Toxicology Program (NTP) and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) as well as visit area pathologists working in various other pathology careers such as academia, industry, and diagnostic laboratories. The externship can be catered to meet the student’s interests/goals and provide for experiences in research and diagnostic pathology of rodents. Externships can be arranged for 1 to 12 weeks and offer exposure to a variety of pathology activities including participation in the NTP pathology peer reviews, research, and visits to the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Glaxo-Smith-Kline pharmaceutical company, Integrated Laboratory Systems, Inc., MRI facilities of the Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy, and the Environmental Protection Agency research laboratories. Each extern will be assigned to a senior NIEHS pathologist as a primary mentor who will coordinate the activities of the externship.

The NIEHS employs at least 10 veterinary pathologists, working in areas of toxicologic pathology and research. Research projects are ongoing in areas of molecular carcinogenesis, toxicological pathology, toxicogenomics utilizing investigative techniques such as microarray gene expression analysis, real time RT-PCR, magnetic resonance imagery (MRI) microscopy, in situ hybridization, electron microscopy, and immunohistochemistry. The RTP area is home to more than 70 veterinary pathologists who are employed at various institutions including academia (such as University of North Carolina, North Carolina State University, and Duke), private industry (GlaxoSmithKline, Experimental Pathology Laboratories, Pathology Associates International, and Integrated Laboratory Services), veterinary diagnostic laboratories (Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Labs and Antech Diagnostics), and other government agencies (such as Environmental Protection Agency). In addition, the NIEHS has a strong program in laboratory animal medicine with five board certified (ACLAM) laboratory animal veterinarians and a recently established training program in laboratory animal medicine. Depending upon the duration of the externship and the interests of the extern, small research projects will be encouraged, some possibly leading to co-authorship and/or presentations. The goal is to be complete an appropriate, mutually agreeable project while also learning the variety of roles that veterinary pathologists play at NIEHS and various other RTP area institutions.

Other Funding opportunities for externships:

NIEHS Summers of Discovery program (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/summers/ )
Paid research positions for undergraduate, graduate, or professional students. Positions are also available at other NIH institutes in Bethesda. The Summers of Discovery Program at NIEHS provides an excellent research experience, whether in pathology area or not.

Contact:
David E. Malarkey
919-541-1745
malarkey@niehs.nih.gov

Updated: 11/19/2007

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