Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (Graduate)

Website URL:

http://www.vet.purdue.edu/vcs/vcsgradprogram/index.php

Department/School Head:

J.Catharine Scott-Moncrieff

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

The department offers graduate programs leading to the Master of Science (MS; thesis or non-thesis) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees. We also provide excellent opportunities for Post-DVM students to further their training through specialty residency programs in anesthesiology, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, emergency, and critical care medicine, large animal internal medicine, large animal surgery, neurology, oncology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology, small animal internal medicine, and small animal surgery.

• We offer clinical and non-clinical graduate programs leading to M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in clinical and transnational research.   

Regular Graduate Faculty by Rank:

Professor

Larry G. Adams
Stephen B. Adams
A.N. Baird
Laurent L. Couetil
Jan F. Hawkins
Hock Gan Heng
Daniel F. Hogan
Deborah W. Knapp
Jeff C.H. Ko
Janice E. Kritchevsky
Mark Rochat
Kathleen S. Salisbury
Sandra F. San Miguel
Ann B. Weil

Associate Professor

Timothy R. Bentley
Michael O. Childress
Lynn F. Guptill
Sun Youn Kim
Timothy B. Lescun
Chee Kin Lim
Niwako Ogata
Nolie Parnell
Jeannie M. Plantenga
Darryl Ragland
Sandra D. Taylor
Elizabeth J. Thomovsky
Stephanie A. Thomovsky
Steven B. Thompson
Stacy H. Tinkler
Wendy Townsend

Assistant Professor

Aimee C. Brooks
Amanda C. Farr
Caroline V. Fulkerson
Christopher M. Fulkerson
Bethany J. Funnell
Caroline Gillespie Harmon
Paulo Gomes
Tomohito Inoue
Paula Johnson
Jennifer Koziol
Tokiko Kushiro-Banker
Melissa Lewis
Sarah Malek
Masahiro Murakami
Rafael Neves
Shin Ae Park
Suma Rao
Marije Risselada
Sarah Steinbach
Jonathan R. Townsend
Andrew Woolcock

Programs

• Veterinary Clinical Science, PHD

• Veterinary Clinical Science, MS

Courses

• VCS 60200 - Problems In Clinical Medicine And Surgery
• VCS 60300 - Introduction To Clinical Research, Trials and Translational Research
• VCS 60400 - Animal Models In Translational Research
• VCS 61000 - Clinical Training In Veterinary Clinical Sciences
• VCS 62000 - Seminar In Clinical Medicine And Surgery
• VCS 62100 - Topics In Advanced Medicine
• VCS 63000 - Current Topics In Veterinary Clinical Sciences
• VCS 64000 - Introduction To Veterinary Homeland Security
• VCS 64200 - High Consequence Disease Review: Bovine
• VCS 64300 - High Consequence Disease Review: Equine
• VCS 64400 - High Consequence Disease Review: Swine
• VCS 64500 - High Consequence Disease Review: Minor Species
• VCS 64600 - High Consequence Disease Review: Avian
• VCS 64700 - High Consequence Disease Review: Zoonotic
• VCS 64800 - Defining The Threat
• VCS 64900 - Understanding The Response
• VCS 65000 - Biology Of Aging
• VCS 65100 - Biosecurity For Veterinary Responders
• VCS 65200 - Euthanasia And Carcass Disposal
• VCS 65300 - The Veterinarian’s Role In Community Planning
• VCS 65400 - Food Borne Illnesses
• VCS 65500 - GIS Applications In Veterinary Emergency Management
• VCS 65700 - Crime Scene Management
• VCS 65900 - Business Continuity Management
• VCS 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• VCS 69900 - Research PhD Thesis