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Thank you for visiting our web site on our
graduate program in Anatomy and Physiology in the College of
Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University. Graduate
education is of paramount importance to our department. We are
thrilled to show you our department and eager to provide you
any information that you need about our graduate programs.
Our department is dedicated to the education of veterinarians
for Kansas, the nation and the world; the education and training
of graduate students for biomedical careers in teaching, research,
and industry; and the fulfillment of the university's mission to
conduct basic and applied research important for the diagnosis
and control of animal and human disease. Our graduates are well
positioned for research-based careers in comparative biomedicine
and have tremendous potential to contribute to our national life-
and health-sciences infrastructure. The Department of Anatomy and Physiology is housed in Coles and
Trotter Halls in the Veterinary Medical Center. We occupy most
of the first two floors (approximately 18,000 square feet) of
the east wing of Coles Hall and have teaching laboratories and
offices on the third floor of Trotter Hall. Resources within the
department include 21 faculty research suites, 27 faculty and
student offices, and several multi-user laboratories. There are
approximately 75 individuals in the department; 19 faculty, 25 graduate
students, 7 postdoctoral fellows, and 25 support personnel. Four
of our faculty have joint appointments: three in the Department of Kinesiology,
and one in the Department of Clinical Sciences.
The importance of biomedical research and graduate-student education
to the department is clearly reflected in the resources that we allocate to these endeavors. More
than half of the faculty effort in the department is devoted full-time
to research and more than 80% of our intramural funds are used
to support research and graduate education. These funds are used
to support multi-user equipment and additional salary support
for research technicians. In addition, six department initiatives
are key to establishing the research tone of the department. These
initiatives are 1) a long-standing
Seminar Series
where noted national and international scientists are invited to share their
data with departmental faculty, students and staff, 2)
the Clarenburg
Lecture Series, which brings one or two world-class scientists
to the department each year to not only give formal presentations
to the college and community, but also to spend time with students
and faculty in an informal setting, 3)
the BRITE
Veterinary Student Program, which provides DVM students
interested in research with subsidized, in-depth mentored
research experience, 4)
the Veterinary Research Scholars program
that provides veterinary students with the opportunity
to experience the exciting research environment of the
college, and 5) a
Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Epithelial Health and Disease funded by the National
Institutes of Health. All of these departmental initiatives provide opportunities
for graduate students to expand their research experiences and
programs.
Your decision to pursue a Master's or Doctor of Philosophy degree
in Anatomy and Physiology is one of the most important that you
will make. If you have any questions about our graduate programs
after your virtual tour of our department, please do not hesitate
to contact us. We look forward to receiving your application.
University Distinguished Professor and
Head
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