College of Veterinary Medicine

An alarm was sounded in the early 2000s that a significant shortage of well-trained, boarded veterniary pathologists was on the horizon. Reports issued by organizations including the National Academy of Sciences, National Institutes of Health, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, and Society of Toxicologic Pathology revealed that universities were not producing enough pathologists, and those that were trained were not developing particular skills required by industry.

A greater understanding of how stress adversely impacts our GI systems will have a number of clinically relevant applications for human and animal health and will be important to the therapeutic management of major debilitating GI diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, enteric infections, and food allergies.

There are no students mingling or pouring over books in the basement of the MSU Food Safety and Toxicology building, which is where the Online Master of Science in Food Safety Program is housed. Students of the program, many of them leaders in their fields, have developed their knowledge and expertise from desks in 23 countries and 42 US states.

The MSU College of Veterinary Medicine's Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health is a member of the USDA’s National Animal Health Laboratory Network, which was created as a part of the US emergency preparedness and response system. In a disease event such as the current Avian Influenze outbreak, these laboratories —including DCPAH—play a critical role.

To help meet the need for well-trained professionals that work to keep our food safe, the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine established the Summer Food Systems Fellowship Program in 2006. The program is national in scope and includes public policy and animal health. It also includes public health, agribusiness, pharmaceutical medicine, and regulatory veterinary medicine.

Michigan State University has a long history of leadership with the SOT, and that leadership continues with the recent election of Dr.Patricia Ganey as vice president-elect of the society. The society's approximately 7,500 members represent the broad spectrum of sciences that toxicology

encompasses.

Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU has seen great leadership and bright and dedicated faculty. Among those exceptional leaders and educators is Dr. Robert Schirmer, Sr. His contributions helped shape generations of veterinarians as well as the development of specialty fields.

Since its founding more than 100 years ago, the College of Veterinary Medicine at MSU has seen great leadership and bright and dedicated faculty. Among those exceptional leaders and educators is Dr. Robert Schirmer, Sr. His contributions helped shape generations of veterinarians as well as the development of specialty fields.

Leon V. Jones, Murray H. Sherber, Guy Russell Clugston, Allan A. Marks, Robert L. Byram, Robert G. Schirmer, Sr. , Arthur E. Hall, Arthur A. Jarvis, Thomas Allan Miller, John A. Blair, Ann Mccoy Beck, James D. Mckean

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