The Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Colorado State University offers post-DVM graduate training positions in comparative pathology. The program is designed to culminate in specialty board certification and granting of MS or PhD degrees.  Residency training is facilitated by a diverse faculty, 27 of whom are ACVP, ACVM or ACLAM board certified.  Graduate research opportunities include, but are not limited to, the study of bacterial and viral pathogenesis/therapy, mycobacterial diseases, arthropod borne infectious disease, retrovirus pathogenesis/therapy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, immunoparasitology, malarial molecular biology and immunology, vector biology, ecological parasitology and cancer or radiation biology.  The first three years of residency and graduate training are supported by state funded stipends.  Funding sources for subsequent graduate research are associated with the trainees’ research laboratories (e.g. grants acquired by the principal investigator and successful applications for NIH sponsored training grants and other extramural funding).  Benefits include paid tuition and health insurance.  Applicants must have a DVM or equivalent degree from an AVMA accredited College of Veterinary Medicine/equivalent. 

Applications for ACVP and ACVM positions starting July 1, 2025 will be reviewed promptly as they arrive until the position is filled. No submissions will be accepted after October 1^st. For additional information and application procedures, visit https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/mip/. The online application is now open: https://graduateschool.colostate.edu/apply/. Please select Fall 2025 as the application term, Pathology PhD as the program and indicate the residency program. Applications for ACLAM positions are recruited through the Veterinary Internship and Residency Matching Program (www.virmp.org), with an early deadline for lab animal/comparative medicine training programs of December 13, 2024. This deadline is distinct from other residency specialties participating in the VIRMP.

For further information about the combined program, please contact Dr. Amy MacNeill; tel. (970) 297-5112 or email amy.macneill@colostate.edu.

Questions regarding the application process should be directed to: cvmbs-mip_microbio@mail.colostate.edu

CSU is an EO/EA/AA employer and conducts background checks on all final candidates.

Applicants must have a DVM or equivalent degree from an AVMA accredited College of Veterinary Medicine/equivalent.