The Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine’s graduate students focus on human, animal, and environmental science and health issues. Through their work and education, these students gain a wide range of experiences, from lab and field work to clinical rounds. Of the College’s nearly 350 graduate students, two percent of these also held clinical residencies.

“Our seven graduate students who are also clinical residents are studying everything from osteotomy and plate orientation on tibial plateau rockback to near-infrared photoimmunotherapy for cancer-associated fibroblasts. They’re working on-campus and at the National Institutes of Health. They’re the next generation of veterinarians who will continue to bridge the gaps between animal and human health,” says Dr. Colleen Hegg, director of the Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Program and associate professor
for the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology.