American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology
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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:
Application Deadline:
Type of Program:
Residency + PhD. A combined program, with basic sciences heavily emphasized. The ACVP Board Certification Exam may be taken after 3 years if research progress is sufficient.
Length of Training:
5-7 years, with PhD
No. of Trainees:
6 (one opening per year). Three years of state funding/training grants are available.
Current Trainee(s):
Matthew Williams
Davis Seelig
Marjorie Williams
Amy Miller
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, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor
Paul Avery, VMD, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor
Andrea Bohn, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor
Mary Anna Thrall, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVP, Professor, transitional retirement
M. Glade Weiser, DVM, MS, Dipl ACVIM, ACVP, adjunct professor, part-time
Faculty Research Interests:
Infectious disease, including protozoal biology (malaria host-cell interactions and immunology, Leishmania immunology) and retroviral biology (FIV models of HIV), inherited metabolic diseases, livestock diseases and livestock immunology, toxicology.
Trainees in Last 5 Years and Current Positions:
Raquel Walton, DVM, MS, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Paul Avery, VMD, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Jeremy Johnson, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP (clinical and anatomic), Staff Pathologist, IDEXX Veterinary Services, West Sacramento, CA

Robin Allison, DVM, PhD, Dipl ACVP, Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Kyra Somers, DVM, PhD, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
Randy Wilson, DVM, MPI Research
Jennifer Steinberg, DVM, Dipl ACVP, Staff Clinical Pathologist, University of Pennsylvania
Wendy Sprague, DVM, PhD, Research Scientist, Colorado State University
This Page Was Last Updated
 August 31, 2006
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