The Department of Animal Science
at the University of Vermont invites applications for the position of
Assistant Professor of animal health. This is a 9 month, tenure track,
research and teaching position. Responsibilities include teaching
and course development to expand upper-level undergraduate and graduate
level course opportunities in the area of animal health including
microbial pathogenesis, global animal health and livestock production,
veterinary public health, and zoonotic disease. Advising undergraduate
and graduate students, and University service is also expected. The
appointee will be required to develop a funded, innovative research
program in animal health preferably with a focus on diseases of dairy
cattle and infectious disease epidemiology and will be encouraged to
collaborate with colleagues within and outside the Department to
strengthen research work in the are of bovine mastitis epidemiology and
control. Research that encompasses studies on the molecular basis of
disease, host-pathogen interactions, and population level studies of
disease control is preferred. Position Information
The
Department of Animal Science at The University
of
Vermont (UVM) invites applications for the position of
Assistant/Associate Professor of Ruminant Nutrition. This is a 9 month,
tenure track, research and teaching position. Responsibilities include
teaching an introductory nutrition and feeds course focusing on
ruminant and monogastric domestic animals, contributing to upper or
graduate level courses, and advising undergraduate and graduate
students. University service is also expected. The appointee will be
required to develop a funded, innovative research program and will be
encouraged to collaborate with colleagues within and outside the
Department to strengthen national and Vermont dairy issues. Research
focused on dairy cattle is preferred. Position
Information
The
Department of Animal Science at The University
of
Vermont (UVM) currently has several graduate assistantship positions
available
for qualified applicants seeking graduate training leading to an M.S.
or Ph.D.
degree. These positions will be in the areas of mammary gland biology,
lactation
physiology, molecular genetics, biotechnology, mastitis, breast cancer
or nutrition within the Department's center of excellence in lactation
and mammary gland biology. A joint training opportunity is also
available in the area of dairy cow
nutrition, behavior, or management with scientists at The William H.
Miner
Agricultural Research Institute located in Chazy, NY.
Expressions
of interest and applications are
invited from
highly motivated and intellectually creative prospective graduate
students.
Applicants should preferably hold a B.S. in Animal Science, Biological
Science, Dairy
Science, or a
related field. Applications for graduate study at UVM can be downloaded
from
the Web site of the Graduate College (http://www.uvm.edu/~gradcoll).
All
application materials should be sent to the Graduate College, which
will
forward them to the Department for review.
Established
in 1791, UVM is located in Burlington,
Vermont,
a small city situated on the shores of Lake Champlain between the
Adirondack
and Green Mountains. The Department of Animal Science currently has 13
faculty
members, 13 graduate students and approximately 240 undergraduate
students in
pre-veterinary, equine, and dairy programs.
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