For Students and Residents

American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
2424 American Lane
Madison, WI 53704

Telephone: +1-608-443-2479
Fax: +1-608-443-2474
email: info@asvcp.org

Institution:
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
Contact Person(s):
Christine S Olver
Address:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology
College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1619
Phone:
970-491-1340
Fax:
970-491-0603
E-mail:
Web Site:
Next Open Position:
July 1, 2009
Application Deadline:
December 1, 2008
Type of Program:
Residency + PhD or Master's. Both are combined programs, with basic sciences heavily emphasized. The ACVP Board Certification Exam may be taken after 3 years (PhD program only) if research progress is sufficient.
Length of Training:
6-7 years with PhD; 3 years with Master's
No. of Trainees:
4-6 (one opening per year). Three years of state funding/training grants are available.
Current Trainee(s):
Amy Miller
Michael Wiseman
Matthew Feirer
Laura Brandt
Program Goals:
1) ACVP board eligibility
2) Research training, diagnostic skills, marketability
3) Teaching experience
4) Good oral communication skills
Program Strengths:
 Cytology, hematology, hematopoiesis, molecular diagnostics, connection with large clinical oncology program, basic science training in infectious disease and oncology.
Training Activities:
Formal coursework, applied microscopy and research seminars, weekly rounds with clinical residents, teaching professional students in lectures and small groups, journal clubs, clinical diagnostic duty, research projects, PhD may be done in a laboratory outside the department.
Additional Training Areas:
 Surgical biopsy, research techniques.
Coursework:
Immunology, anatomic pathology, statistics, molecular biology.
Clinical Pathology Faculty:
Christine S Olver, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Associate Professor
Paul Avery, VMD, PhD, DACVP, Assistant Professor
Andrea Bohn, DVM, PhD, DACVP, Assistant Professor
Linda Vap, MT, DVM, DACVP, Laboratory Supervisor, Clinical Instructor
Mary Anna Thrall, DVM, MS, DACVP, Professor, transitional retirement until 2010
M. Glade Weiser, DVM, MS, DACVIM, DACVP, adjunct professor, part-time
Faculty Research Interests:
Infectious disease, including protozoal biology (malaria host-cell interactions and immunology, Leishmania immunology), retroviral biology (FIV models of HIV), prion diseases, mycobacteria, arthropod borne diseases, livestock diseases and livestock immunology.
Trainees in Last 5 Years and Current Positions:
Jeremy Johnson, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP (clinical and anatomic), Staff Pathologist, IDEXX Veterinary Services, West Sacramento, CA
Robin Allison, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Associate Professor, Oklahoma State University
Kyra Somers, DVM, PhD, Idexx Labs, North Grafton, MA

Jennifer Steinberg, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Idexx Laboratories
Wendy Sprague, DVM, PhD, Research Scientist, Colorado State University
Matthew Williams, DVM, Diagnostic Pathologist, Antech Diagnostics
Margorie Williams, DVM, MS
Davis Seelig, DVM, PhD candidate, prion biology
This Page Was Last Updated
 October 7, 2008