Our office serves as the hub of support for research and graduate studies in our College. We provide oversight to recruitment, admissions, registration, graduate aid, and curriculum policies and procedures for the College’s graduate degree programs. We work closely with our faculty and the Graduate School to support the success and well-being of our graduate students.

We support researchers across the College by assisting them in identifying internal and external collaborators, funding sources and other resources, preparing and submitting proposals, and providing support for basic, clinical and translational research studies.

Dr. Colleen Hegg has been appointed interim associate dean of research and graduate studies for the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Hegg joined the College in 2006 and currently is associate professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and director of the College’s Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology Graduate Program.

In addition to her active research and primary administrative duties, Dr. Hegg is a member of the College’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee, the Dean’s Advisory Council, and the College Advisory Committee. She is co-champion of our Strategic Planning Goal 2.3, which aims to strengthen the research infrastructure and resources and is the College’s mentoring liaison to the MSU Graduate School.

Dimity Palazzola, administrative assistant, provides support to the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, the Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology graduate program and the College's veterinary scholars programs.

Ashley Russell is a research administrator for the Office of Research Facilitation within the College. She provides pre-award professional support to the College’s researchers, including budget and proposal preparation and review. She also liaises with the College's researchers, collaborators, the MSU central grants office, and funding agencies to ensure timely, compliant, and complete proposal submissions. In addition, she helps the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in coordinating the CVM- Endowed Research Fund competitions.

Tristan Foster, Farm Manager at the Veterinary Research Farm, provides support to faculty researchers, research teams, and the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies.