Shaping the Future of Veterinary Medicine

Shaping the Future of Veterinary Medicine

The College of

Veterinary Medicine at NC State University provides discovery-driven solutions to the challenges facing animal and human health in the 21st century.

The College of

Veterinary Medicine at NC State University provides discovery-driven solutions to the challenges facing animal and human health in the 21st century.

Faculty at the Forefront The ability to regenerate tissues, once considered a futuristic possibility, is a fast-growing research field being led by an investigative team at the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, based at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

Ke Cheng, an associate professor of regenerative medicine recruited to NC State by the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, directs an investigative team in cutting-edge use of adult stem cells to treat health conditions in animals. His collaborative studies involve partnerships with NC State scientists as well as research colleagues across academia, government and the private sector. The goal: to turn NC State into a stem cell manufacturing center.

New funding has led to a 12 percent growth in our faculty numbers in the past two years, and in two more years we’ll grow by the same amount. Focused, interdisciplinary recruitment will radically advance our educational, research and clinical programs.

In research we’ve used cluster hires and interdisciplinary teams to focus growth on our key strengths and the central translational challenges facing biomedical science.

CVM leads NC State’s interdisciplinary cluster in Translational Regenerative Medicine, part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program — a hiring initiative to bring the best and brightest faculty minds to campus.

New hires such as Ke Cheng and Lauren Schnabel are joining our established leaders in a new, state-ofthe-art Good Manufacturing Practices facility to create innovative solutions in cardiology, orthopedic disease and other fields.

New cluster hires in the fields of allergy, infectious and transboundary disease, and gastroenterology are building on established programs of leadership.

More than 80 percent of our tenuretrack faculty are conducting externally funded research programs.

“If we can cure that individual animal, that data may serve to help the breed — and, importantly, perhaps to advance human health.”

— Ke Cheng

In teaching our world-leading educators are collaborating with new hires bringing contemporary expertise in communication training, educational program design, outcomes assessment and business skills to drive our new curriculum.

Our clinical faculty has grown on all fronts, expanding programs from population health to general practice and beyond. We support a full range of small- and large-animal specialty clinics that are second to none, and we are committed to strong programs in wildlife, zoological, ecological and marine health.

For three of the past four years, NC State veterinary doctoral students were honored with the Young Investigator Award presented by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation at the Merial-National Institutes of Health Veterinary Scholars Symposium.

12% growth in faculty numbers in the past two years

Lauren Schnabel’s investigation into using regenerative stem cell therapies to treat equine musculoskeletal disorders is supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Faculty at the Forefront The ability to regenerate tissues, once considered a futuristic possibility, is a fast-growing research field being led by an investigative team at the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research, based at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM).

Ke Cheng, an associate professor of regenerative medicine recruited to NC State by the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, directs an investigative team in cutting-edge use of adult stem cells to treat health conditions in animals. His collaborative studies involve partnerships with NC State scientists as well as research colleagues across academia, government and the private sector. The goal: to turn NC State into a stem cell manufacturing center.

New funding has led to a 12 percent growth in our faculty numbers in the past two years, and in two more years we’ll grow by the same amount. Focused, interdisciplinary recruitment will radically advance our educational, research and clinical programs.

In research we’ve used cluster hires and interdisciplinary teams to focus growth on our key strengths and the central translational challenges facing biomedical science.

CVM leads NC State’s interdisciplinary cluster in Translational Regenerative Medicine, part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program — a hiring initiative to bring the best and brightest faculty minds to campus.

New hires such as Ke Cheng and Lauren Schnabel are joining our established leaders in a new, state-ofthe-art Good Manufacturing Practices facility to create innovative solutions in cardiology, orthopedic disease and other fields.

New cluster hires in the fields of allergy, infectious and transboundary disease, and gastroenterology are building on established programs of leadership.

More than 80 percent of our tenuretrack faculty are conducting externally funded research programs.

“If we can cure that individual animal, that data may serve to help the breed — and, importantly, perhaps to advance human health.”

— Ke Cheng

In teaching our world-leading educators are collaborating with new hires bringing contemporary expertise in communication training, educational program design, outcomes assessment and business skills to drive our new curriculum.

Our clinical faculty has grown on all fronts, expanding programs from population health to general practice and beyond. We support a full range of small- and large-animal specialty clinics that are second to none, and we are committed to strong programs in wildlife, zoological, ecological and marine health.

For three of the past four years, NC State veterinary doctoral students were honored with the Young Investigator Award presented by the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation at the Merial-National Institutes of Health Veterinary Scholars Symposium.

12% growth in faculty numbers in the past two years

Lauren Schnabel’s investigation into using regenerative stem cell therapies to treat equine musculoskeletal disorders is supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Veterinary medicine continues to become more complex as increasingly sophisticated research gives rise to improvements in diagnostic procedures, surgical techniques, medications and other treatments. Client expectations regarding companion-animal care have also grown more complex and demanding, now that pets are viewed as valued family members. These factors make effective communication critical to a successful practice.

April Kedrowicz, an assistant professor of communication, is leading a three-year preclinical communication curriculum to provide DVM students with key competencies necessary for success in private practice, industry, government and academia. The curriculum allows students to develop interpersonal and organizational skill sets through instruction and practice in teamwork, client interactions and public communication.

At NC State, students come first. This year we introduced a new, expanded DVM curriculum to ensure that our graduates have the skills they need to meet the changing demands society is placing on veterinary medicine. New initiatives include: Hiring experts to teach critical thinking, communication, professional skills and psychomotor skills.

Increasing the number of small-group active-learning classes, and developing extensive new opportunities for experiential education across all years of the program.

Collaborating with NC State’s Poole College of Management on a new DVM business education program.

In-state DVM tuition and fees at NC State are the lowest in the nation, and out-of-state students can achieve in-state status after one year. This gives our graduates tremendous opportunity as they start their careers.

According to the most recent American Veterinary Medical Association survey, the median debt of an NC State DVM student graduating with debt was $120,000, compared to the national figure of $160,000.

The average debt load of a student in our 2014 graduating class — $90,000 — was just over 60 percent of the national average.

These financial figures are made possible

by North Carolina’s commitment to and investment in higher education — and specifically in our veterinary program.

We continue to maintain one of the best DVM student-faculty ratios in the country.

“Communication is the foundation of personal and professional relationships.

This initiative provides students with in-depth training throughout the DVM curriculum, positioning communication as a core clinical and professional skill.”

— April Kedrowicz

The average debt load of a student in our 2014 graduating class — $90,000 — was just over 60 percent of the national average.

Our DVM students can shape their education by choosing from nine focus areas.

We offer the most diverse educational experience possible, including studentled first-opinion clinics, cutting-edge specialty clinics and unique opportunities in food supply veterinary medicine through our close partnerships with the poultry, swine and cattle industries.

Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders Veterinary medicine continues to become more complex as increasingly sophisticated research gives rise to improvements in diagnostic procedures, surgical techniques, medications and other treatments. Client expectations regarding companion-animal care have also grown more complex and demanding, now that pets are viewed as valued family members. These factors make effective communication critical to a successful practice.

April Kedrowicz, an assistant professor of communication, is leading a three-year preclinical communication curriculum to provide DVM students with key competencies necessary for success in private practice, industry, government and academia. The curriculum allows students to develop interpersonal and organizational skill sets through instruction and practice in teamwork, client interactions and public communication.

At NC State, students come first. This year we introduced a new, expanded DVM curriculum to ensure that our graduates have the skills they need to meet the changing demands society is placing on veterinary medicine. New initiatives include: Hiring experts to teach critical thinking, communication, professional skills and psychomotor skills.

Increasing the number of small-group active-learning classes, and developing extensive new opportunities for experiential education across all years of the program.

Collaborating with NC State’s Poole College of Management on a new DVM business education program.

In-state DVM tuition and fees at NC State are the lowest in the nation, and out-of-state students can achieve in-state status after one year. This gives our graduates tremendous opportunity as they start their careers.

According to the most recent American Veterinary Medical Association survey, the median debt of an NC State DVM student graduating with debt was $120,000, compared to the national figure of $160,000.

The average debt load of a student in our 2014 graduating class — $90,000 — was just over 60 percent of the national average.

These financial figures are made possible

by North Carolina’s commitment to and investment in higher education — and specifically in our veterinary program.

We continue to maintain one of the best DVM student-faculty ratios in the country.

“Communication is the foundation of personal and professional relationships.

This initiative provides students with in-depth training throughout the DVM curriculum, positioning communication as a core clinical and professional skill.”

— April Kedrowicz

The average debt load of a student in our 2014 graduating class — $90,000 — was just over 60 percent of the national average.

Our DVM students can shape their education by choosing from nine focus areas.

We offer the most diverse educational experience possible, including studentled first-opinion clinics, cutting-edge specialty clinics and unique opportunities in food supply veterinary medicine through our close partnerships with the poultry, swine and cattle industries.

Partnering With Business, Industry and Government Foodborne disease remains a public health concern, despite improvements in hygiene, food quality, sanitation and detection of pathogens. Drug-resistant bacteria sicken more than 2 million people and kill at least 23,000 in the United States each year — numbers that are likely to grow as more germs develop resistance to antibiotics.

Sid Thakur, an associate professor of population health and pathobiology, works with producers and agencies to improve “farm to fork” food safety. The Thakur Molecular Epidemiology Lab studies the complex chain of events that leads to dissemination and persistence of multidrug-resistant pathogens such as Salmonella and Campylobacter in preand post-harvest environments involving food animals and crops. His work, both with North Carolina’s swine industry and with farmers in northern India, is supported by business, industry and government across the globe.

Change needs leadership, and in 2014 Dr. Paula Fedorka Cray, a leader in food safety research, joined CVM as head of the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology. Dr. Cray came to NC State from the Russell Research Center at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she was research leader for the Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit. With Dr. Cray’s leadership CVM is growing our partnership with NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Major new funding for interdisciplinary research projects involving faculty and students in both colleges.

New initiatives to increase our focus on food security, not just in North Carolina but across the world.

CVM is home to a world-leading program in osseointegrative orthopedic implant development, partnering with the NC StateUNC Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little has received more than $2 million in donations for new, cutting-edge electron beam 3-D printing technology in the past two years.

“The issue of antimicrobial resistance is not restricted to a specific area; it’s a global problem. That’s why I decided to take my work international.”

— Sid Thakur

Research awards funded by industry partners have increased more than 50 percent since 2010.

In 2013 the college hired its first director of business and innovation to help facilitate relationships with industry partners.

Research awards funded by industry partners have increased more than 50 percent since 2010.

CVM is home to the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR), which has more than 160 members representing 26 departments from five NC State colleges and five other research universities.

The CCMTR creates an interdisciplinary research environment that enhances collaborative and translational approaches to animal and human diseases.

The mission of the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research is to promote scientific discovery and speed its application to improving the health of animals and humans.

Partnering With Business, Industry and Government Foodborne disease remains a public health concern, despite improvements in hygiene, food quality, sanitation and detection of pathogens. Drug-resistant bacteria sicken more than 2 million people and kill at least 23,000 in the United States each year — numbers that are likely to grow as more germs develop resistance to antibiotics.

Sid Thakur, an associate professor of population health and pathobiology, works with producers and agencies to improve “farm to fork” food safety. The Thakur Molecular Epidemiology Lab studies the complex chain of events that leads to dissemination and persistence of multidrug-resistant pathogens such as Salmonella and Campylobacter in preand post-harvest environments involving food animals and crops. His work, both with North Carolina’s swine industry and with farmers in northern India, is supported by business, industry and government across the globe.

Change needs leadership, and in 2014 Dr. Paula Fedorka Cray, a leader in food safety research, joined CVM as head of the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology. Dr. Cray came to NC State from the Russell Research Center at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where she was research leader for the Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit. With Dr. Cray’s leadership CVM is growing our partnership with NC State’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Major new funding for interdisciplinary research projects involving faculty and students in both colleges.

New initiatives to increase our focus on food security, not just in North Carolina but across the world.

CVM is home to a world-leading program in osseointegrative orthopedic implant development, partnering with the NC StateUNC Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little has received more than $2 million in donations for new, cutting-edge electron beam 3-D printing technology in the past two years.

“The issue of antimicrobial resistance is not restricted to a specific area; it’s a global problem. That’s why I decided to take my work international.”

— Sid Thakur

Research awards funded by industry partners have increased more than 50 percent since 2010.

In 2013 the college hired its first director of business and innovation to help facilitate relationships with industry partners.

Research awards funded by industry partners have increased more than 50 percent since 2010.

CVM is home to the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research (CCMTR), which has more than 160 members representing 26 departments from five NC State colleges and five other research universities.

The CCMTR creates an interdisciplinary research environment that enhances collaborative and translational approaches to animal and human diseases.

The mission of the Center for Comparative Medicine and Translational Research is to promote scientific discovery and speed its application to improving the health of animals and humans.

State-of-the-Art Campus The College of Veterinary Medicine is situated on the 214-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC), located near downtown Raleigh and close to the heart of the Research Triangle. The CBC is a dynamic community dedicated to preparing veterinarians and biomedical scientists for rewarding careers while advancing animal and human health on every level, from individual cells to entire ecosystems.

The CBC provides unique opportunities for industry and government researchers, clinical trial companies and colleagues from other universities to work side by side with faculty and students at CVM.

The campus is home to a unique 80-acre working farm that is a central learning resource in our DVM curriculum. A few steps away from classrooms, DVM students can learn modern animal husbandry, handling skills, production management, and disease control in a wide range of livestock production systems.

Although CVM is only 30 years old, more than half of our building spaces are new or have undergone major renovation in the past 10 years.

The opening of the CVM Research Building in 2005 added more than 100,000 square feet of new research laboratories and extensive support facilities.

In 2011 the college saw the opening of the 110,000-square-foot Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, a state-of-the-art specialty hospital.

The Terry Center is one of nine level-1 veterinary trauma centers in the United States.

The facility has cutting-edge technology in every area, from a biplane fluoroscopy unit and a 64-slice computed tomography scanner to a Varian Trilogy Novalis Tx linear accelerator.

The facility was constructed for education as well as clinical excellence, and every service includes dedicated teaching space and a rounds room.

A new research building shared by CVM, other NC State colleges and industry partners will open in 2016.

Classroom spaces throughout the college have been substantially remodeled and expanded in the past three years. We have added new facilities including a communications training center and a psychomotor skills laboratory, and we have completely remodeled our original companionanimal hospital as a first-opinion clinic.

Although the CVM is only 30 years old, more than half of our building spaces are new or have undergone major renovation in the past 10 years.

State-of-the-Art Campus The College of Veterinary Medicine is situated on the 214-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus (CBC), located near downtown Raleigh and close to the heart of the Research Triangle. The CBC is a dynamic community dedicated to preparing veterinarians and biomedical scientists for rewarding careers while advancing animal and human health on every level, from individual cells to entire ecosystems.

The CBC provides unique opportunities for industry and government researchers, clinical trial companies and colleagues from other universities to work side by side with faculty and students at CVM.

The campus is home to a unique 80-acre working farm that is a central learning resource in our DVM curriculum. A few steps away from classrooms, DVM students can learn modern animal husbandry, handling skills, production management, and disease control in a wide range of livestock production systems.

Although CVM is only 30 years old, more than half of our building spaces are new or have undergone major renovation in the past 10 years.

The opening of the CVM Research Building in 2005 added more than 100,000 square feet of new research laboratories and extensive support facilities.

In 2011 the college saw the opening of the 110,000-square-foot Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, a state-of-the-art specialty hospital.

The Terry Center is one of nine level-1 veterinary trauma centers in the United States.

The facility has cutting-edge technology in every area, from a biplane fluoroscopy unit and a 64-slice computed tomography scanner to a Varian Trilogy Novalis Tx linear accelerator.

The facility was constructed for education as well as clinical excellence, and every service includes dedicated teaching space and a rounds room.

A new research building shared by CVM, other NC State colleges and industry partners will open in 2016.

Classroom spaces throughout the college have been substantially remodeled and expanded in the past three years. We have added new facilities including a communications training center and a psychomotor skills laboratory, and we have completely remodeled our original companionanimal hospital as a first-opinion clinic.

Although the CVM is only 30 years old, more than half of our building spaces are new or have undergone major renovation in the past 10 years.

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