Department of Clinical Sciences
The Department of Clinical Sciences is the applied veterinary medical arm of the College. Located at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the Department provides most of the final two years of the Professional Veterinary Medical Program curriculum, clinical residency programs, and graduate programs targeted toward students with degrees in veterinary medicine.
The Department is heavily involved in patient care at the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital, as this is a fundamental part of the Professional Veterinary Medical Program. The Department also has an extensive research program, focusing primarily on improving the diagnosis and treatment of animal disease. Numerous research projects within the Department also benefit human medicine, garnering extensive support from the National Institutes of Health.
The Department of Clinical Sciences boasts a variety of unique research centers and service units. These include the internationally acclaimed Robert H. and Mary G. Flint Animal Cancer Center, Center for Veterinary Epidemiology and Animal Disease Surveillance Systems, Animal Population Health Institute, Integrated Livestock Management, and the Orthopaedic Research Center. The Department is home to the Musculoskeletal Research Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence, and is breaking new ground with the inclusion of human-animal bond studies in the veterinary curriculum through the Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine. In addition, the Department houses one of the nation's few complementary veterinary medical treatment and study centers, the Charles R. Shipley Jr. and Lucia H. Shipley Center for Complementary Medicine and Natural Healing.