Comparative Pathobiology/Cancer Research, PHD

Animal Welfare

The core aim of the Animal Welfare program is to facilitate the well-being of animals through understanding and applying concepts pertaining to animal ethology, physiology, psychology, husbandry and management, ethics and economics. Related topics include: animal-assisted intervention, service animals, dog bite prevention, zoonotic diseases, and broken bonds between humans and animals. The course list below provides a sample for students seeking to focus their graduate program in Animal Welfare.

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• CPB 48000 - Seminar In Animal Welfare And Human-Animal Interaction-VN Credits: 2.00
• CPB 58000 - Special Topics Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 Title: Applied Animal Welfare; Animal Welfare and Applied Ethics (Credits: 3.00)
• CPB 62600 - Design And Analysis Of Epidemiologic Studies Credits: 3.00
• ANSC 59500 - Special Topics In Animal Sciences Credits: 0.00 to 3.00 Title: Advanced Animal Welfare Assessment (Credits: 3.00)
• ASEC 59100 - Special Topics Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 Title: Communicating Science to the Public (Credits: 1.00)
• BIOL 59200 - The Evolution Of Behavior Credits: 3.00
• BIOL 55900 - Endocrinology Credits: 3.00
• GRAD 59000 - Special Topics Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Preparing Future Faculty (Credits: 1.00)
• HDFS 59000 - Special Problems Credits: 0.00 to 5.00 Title: Regression (Credits: 3.00)
• HDFS 68500 - Current Research Topics In Child Development And Family Studies Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Attachment Relationships (Credits: 3.00)
• PHIL 52400 - Contemporary Ethical Theory Credits: 3.00
• PSY 59100 - Topics In Psychology Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Hormones and Behavior (Credits: 3.00)
• PSY 64400 - Close Relationships Credits: 3.00
• STAT 51400 - Design Of Experiments Credits: 3.00

Human-Animal Interaction

The core aim of the Human-Animal Interaction program is to evaluate both the beneficial and adverse effects of interactions between humans and animals for both the human and animal counterparts. Related topics include: animal-assisted intervention, service animals, dog bite prevention, zoonotic diseases, and broken bonds between humans and animals. The list below provides a sample of appropriate courses for students seeking to focus their graduate program in Human-Animal Interaction.

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• CPB 48000 - Seminar In Animal Welfare And Human-Animal Interaction-VN Credits: 2.00
• CPB 58000 - Special Topics Credits: 1.00 to 4.00 Title: Applied Animal Welfare; Animal Welfare and Applied Ethics (Credits: 3.00)
• CPB 61800 - Ethical Issues In Biomedical Research Credits: 2.00 or 3.00 (If not taken for core requirement)
• CPB 62600 - Design And Analysis Of Epidemiologic Studies Credits: 3.00
• CPB 69500 - Seminar In Epidemiology Credits: 1.00 Title: Advanced Animal Welfare Assessment (Credits: 3.00)
• BIOL 55900 - Endocrinology Credits: 3.00
• BIOL 59200 - The Evolution Of Behavior Credits: 3.00
• HDFS 61500 - Research Methods In Child And Family Study Credits: 4.00
• PHIL 52400 - Contemporary Ethical Theory Credits: 3.00
• PSY 59100 - Topics In Psychology Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 Title: Hormones and Behavior (Credits: 3.00)
• STAT 51400 - Design Of Experiments Credits: 3.00

Epidemiology and Public Health

The training program is designed to attract students with diverse professional, cultural, and geographical backgrounds. Students can be both graduate veterinarians as well as non-veterinarians. Non-veterinarians enrolled in the program have included biostatisticians, microbiologists, medical students, and economists with interests in the health of humans, animals, and the environment.

Observational studies, clinical trials, infectious disease epidemiology, biostatistics, multivariate analysis, and biomedical ethics are among the subjects that are taught informal courses. In addition to the epidemiology and public health courses offered at Purdue University, courses in epidemiology, public health and biostatistics are available in summer programs offered by the schools of public health at other universities. The students may also select courses from other departments at Purdue University, including Animal Science, Statistics, Food Science, Foods and Nutrition, Biochemistry, Agricultural Economics, Health-Kinesiology and Leisure Studies, Health Sciences, Child Development and Family Studies and others. The faculty in these departments may also serve on the students’ graduate advisory committees.

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Microbiology and Immunology

Research focuses on the understanding of the molecular pathogenesis of veterinary and human infectious diseases, basic and applied immunology, the development of novel diagnostic tests, therapeutics and methods to prevent infections and tissue inflammation. Investigations are conducted at the whole animal, tissue, cellular, and molecular levels and are supported by electron microscopy, flow cytometry, cell sorting, confocal microscopy (regular, multiphoton and superresolution), and whole animal imaging facilities within the college and throughout the campus. Microarray, bioinformatics, statistical analysis, histology, DNA-sequencing, metabolomics, nuclear magnetic resonance/CT, transgenic mouse facility, and other state of the art technologies are available on campus.

The Indiana State Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory provides a significant resource in the practical training of individuals interested in specialty board certification, e.g. microbiology and pathology.

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