The Veterinary Biomedical Sciences (VBS) program in the College of Veterinary Medicine is designed to train graduate students through excellence in teaching and innovative basic, applied, and clinical research that improves animal and human health. The program offers opportunities for DVM students to concurrently work on a dual degree program (DVM/MS) to gain research experience to enhance their career opportunities and to meet the demands of internships and residencies. The graduate faculty members in the program have established programmatic requirements, guided by the policies of the Graduate School, for admission, supervision, and completion of the MS degree.<br><br>The Pathobiology Area of Emphasis is administered by the Graduate Faculty and Ancillary/Adjunct Graduate Faculty in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology.<br><br>The primary goal of graduate study in the Pathobiology Area of Emphasis is to prepare students for careers in teaching, research, or service related to animal production or animal health in academic institutions, industries, or in state and federal agencies. The MS program in the Pathobiology subdiscipline is managed by faculty involved in epidemiology, immunology, diagnosis, pathogenesis, and prevention/control of infectious, metabolic, and parasitic diseases of animals and humans, food safety and security, public health and zoonosis, and clinical and anatomic pathology. The Pathobiology graduate program is sufficiently diverse to provide the critical mass and cross-disciplinary interactions necessary to offer high quality graduate training, yet focused to avoid dilution of resources and conflicts with other graduate programs.