Department of Comparative Pathobiology (Graduate)

Website URL:

http://www.vet.purdue.edu/cpb/graduate-programs.php

Department/School Head:

Ramesh Vemulapalli

Admission Requirements:

Master’s Degree Program Basic Requirements:

Please Note: This is not an application for admission to our DVM program. If you are interested in applying for admission to the DVM program, please e-mail: admissions@vet.purdue.edu or contact the Student Services Office at 765-494-7893.

If you are interested in applying for a clinical pathology, anatomic pathology, avian pathology, or lab animal medicine residency program you should apply to the non-thesis Master’s/residency program for the appropriate area through the Department of Comparative Pathobiology.

Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
3.0 or equivalent required for unconditional admission.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
Required – Combined score of 300 for verbal and quantitative sections plus 3.0 analytical writing score for unconditional admission.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test:
Not required

Doctoral Degree Program Basic Requirements:

Undergraduate Cumulative Grade Point Average:
3.0 or equivalent required for unconditional admission.
Master’s Degree Completion:
Not required.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE):
Required – Combined score of 300 for verbal and quantitative sections plus 3.0 analytical writing score for unconditional admission.
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Subject Test:
Not required

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

Master of Science (MS) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees to persons possessing the DVM degree and to those with a baccalaureate degree and comprehensive training in the biological sciences

Concentrations (Areas of Study):

Areas of study include animal welfare science and human-animal interaction, infectious diseases, bacteriology, epidemiology, immunology, laboratory and experimental medicine, parasitology, pathology, public health, toxicology, virology, and molecular genetics.

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Alan M. Beck
Joseph W. Camp
Harm HogenEsch
Stephen B. Hooser
Chang H. Kim
Regina A. Kreisle
Tsang-Long Lin
Joanne B. Messick
Margaret A. Miller
Suresh K. Mittal
Jose Ramos-Vara
Timothy Ratliff
Willie M. Reed
Ramesh Vemulapalli
Patricia Wakenell

Associate Professor

John A. Christian
Stephen D. Lenz
Sulma Mohammed
Roman Pogranichniy
Mohamed Seleem

Assistant Professor

Abigail C. Durkes
Keke C. Fairfax
Brianna Nicole Gaskill
Yava Jones-Hall
L. Tiffany Lyle
Maggie E. O’Haire
Audrey Ruple
Hsin-Yi Weng
Samuel L. Yingst
GuangJun Zhang

Emeritus Faculty

Charles Armstrong
Robert Claflin
Sayed Gaafar
Larry Glickman
Donald Gustafson
Edward Haelterman
Daniel Harrington
Evelyn Kazacos
Kevin Kazacos
Rose Raskin
Alan Rebar
Lewis Runnels
H. Leon Thacker
William Van Alstine

Programs

Doctoral

Master’s

Comparative Pathobiology, MS

Courses

Comparative Pathobiology

Communication

Campus

Services

Other