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Graduate Training

In addition to the specialized research training, students have the opportunity to learn macroscopic anatomy, microscopic anatomy, and public health practices in a variety of domestic species, and laboratory animals. The training in microscopic anatomy includes histology, histochemistry, cytology, and ultrastructure (transmission and scanning electron microscopy) and state of the art cell imaging. The training in public health emphasizes epidemiology, food safety, food toxicology, and the study of zoonotic diseases. Study programs are prepared in consultation with the student and a committee of Graduate Faculty members under the guidance of its chairperson. The general procedural rules are those specified in the Graduate Catalog.

General Information

Students will be considered for admission if they meet the standards set forth by the University's Office of Graduate Studies.

To be considered for acceptance into the VIBS graduate program, the student should submit a complete application. This includes the application, English translations of degree statements and transcripts with official signatures from all secondary institutions attended per requirements posted on the websites, official GRE and TOEFL scores, a resume, and at least 3 recommendations. Generally these documents along with the application are submitted through the TAMU Admissions Office, and when the application is complete, it is forwarded to our department for review. Once received in VIBS, the application is reviewed by the potential advisor and by our VIBS Faculty Graduate Committee to determine if the student meets criteria for acceptance. You should be aware that it is the advisor's responsibility to provide the funds for the graduate assistantship stipend as well as the funds for the research expenses involved until the time that the degree is awarded. There is a departmental form that must be signed by the student and the advisor by which the advisor commits the support of the cost involved. Informal contact can be made to the VIBS departmental advisor (listed below) or directly with any of the VIBS faculty whose research interests are shown below.

For further details please contact:
Texas A&M University
Office of Admissions and Records
College Station
Texas 77843-0100
USA
PO Box 40001 College Station, Texas 77842-4001

Electronic Application

You should either submit an application electronically (Texas Commons Application) or hard copy application which we can send by mail. The Texas Commons application is available at both the TAMU Office of Admissions and the TAMU Office of Graduate Studies websites.

This address to the TAMU Admissions website,http://www.tamu.edu/admissions/Grad/index.html#top

gives links to the application and probably the most detailed information on the process and requirements for international applicants as well as deadlines for the intended semester.

The TAMU Office of Graduate Studies website at http://ogs.tamu.edu/ provides a link for prospective students which also provides information on the applying to TAMU and the application as well.

EPIDEMIOLOGY/PUBLIC HEALTH
If you are interested in the Epidemiology/Public Health aspects of our program:http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/vaph/vetepi/
Or to contact us: http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/vaph/vetepi/contact2.htm

Non-thesis MS

The non-thesis MS is a new program currently underdevelopment but we are accepting students for this program. Please write MS NTO (non-thesis option) on your application form. This program should take approximately 18 months to complete and will mainly focus on course work.

International Students

The application should be completed and submitted online to ensure that it is received for processing in the TAMU Admissions Office by the international deadline of March 1, 2005, for the Fall 2005 semester.

A pamphlet is available entitled Information for Prospective International Students from the Office of Admission and Records. An application fee of $75 is required. If the student is successfully admitted then the Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences reviews the application to determine acceptance into the VIBS graduate program.

TAMU International Student Services website http://international.tamu.edu/iss/ which has the responsibility of seeing that the international student has proper student visa and immigration documents and the processing required to obtain these documents.

For further details please contact:
Texas A&M University
Office of Admissions and Records
College Station
Texas 77843-0100
USA
PO Box 40002 College Station, Texas 77842-4002

CVM Graduate Brochure

You can view our brochure on http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/resgrad/brochure/ and also the College of Veterinary Medicine at www.cvm.tamu.edu

Current VIBS Graduate Advisor

C. Jane Welsh, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Texas A&M University
College Station TX 77843-4458
Phone (979) 862-4974
FAX (979) 847-8981
jwelsh@cvm.tamu.edu

Other useful websites:

Interdisciplinary Programs

MS in Biotechnology

www.tamu.edu/ppib

Genetics

http://gene.tamu.edu

Interdisciplinary Faculty of Reproductive Biology:

http://repro.tamu.edu/

Virology

http://vtpb-www2.cvm.tamu.edu/Virology/index.html

Neuroscience

www.bio.tamu.edu/neuro/

Recovery of Function Graduate Training Program Website:

http://recovery.tamu.edu

Infectious Disease Graduate Training Program Website:

http://medicine.tamu.edu/mmim/training.html

School of Rural Public Health

http://hsc.tamu.edu/srph

Environmental and Rural Health Education Partnership" and "Integrating Environmental Health Science in Rural Schools"

http://peer.tamu.edu

VIBS Faculty Research Interests

Abbott, Louise C.

Email: LABBOTT@cvm.tamu.edu

developmental neurobiology of the mammalian nervous system
Neuroanatomy
Neurochemistry
neurologic disorders including ataxia and epilepsy
programmed cell death (apoptosis) in the developing and adult nervous system
developmental neurotoxicology with specific interest in the effects of heavy metals on the developing CNS

Arosh, Joe A.,

Email: jarosh@cvm.tamu.edu

Prostaglandin Biosynthesis, Catabolism, Transport and Signaling
Molecular Endocrinology and Cell Signaling,
Reproductive Biology: Uterine and Ovarian Physiology
Endocrine Oncology: Breast, Endometrial and Ovarian Cancer

Bratton, Gerald R.

Email: GBratton@cvm.tamu.edu

gross anatomy
neuroanatomy
nutritional influences on lead intoxication
metal effects on reproductive function
localization of central nervous system neurons and their peripheral distribution

Budke, Christine M.

Email: CBudke@cvm.tamu.edu

epidemiology
zoonotic diseases
international veterinary medicine and public health
transmission dynamics of parasitic diseases
burden of disease indicators

Burghardt, Robert C.

Email: RBURGHARDT@cvm.tamu.edu

reproductive biology
toxicology
cell signaling and signal transduction
development/application of non-invasive imaging tools using biosensors for defining the function of living cells and tissues and the action of biological response modifiers on cellular homeostasis

Busbee, David L.

Email: DBUSBEE@cvm.tamu.edu

Toxicology
Genetics
interaction of environmental chemicals with nuclear reactions responsive to steroid hormones, thus disrupting the endocrine system
alternative genetic regulation of physiological responses
altering fetal development and/or health of exposed animals
including embryonic
immature
adult animals and humans

Chowdhary, Bhanu P.

Email: BChowdhary@cvm.tamu.edu

genome analysis in livestock
comparative genomics
molecular cytogenetics
analysis of genetic diseases

Cothran, E. Gus

Email: gcothran@cvm.tamu.edu

Heredity basis of equine congenital defects.
Interrelationships of inbreeding, genetic polymorphism, and reproductive performance in horses.
Population genetics of feral horses.
Genetic conservation of rare breeds.
Evolution of horses under domestication.
Comparative genomics.

Dees, W. Les

Email: LDEES@cvm.tamu.edu

Neuroendocrinology
reproductive physiology
puberty and sexual maturation
neurotoxicology

Donnelly, Kirby C.

Email: KDONNELLY@cvm.tamu.edu

genetic toxicology
complex mixture interactions exposure assessment
environmental remediation
risk assessment

Fosgate, Geoffrey T.

Email: GFosgate@cvm.tamu.edu

analytical epidemiology
diagnostic tests
zoonotic diseases
international
agriculture and veterinary medicine
development of novel statistical models for evaluations of diagnostic testing procedures

Gastel, Barbara

Email: bgastel@cvm.tamu.edu

scientific writing
science editing
medical journalism
international scientific communication

Jaeger, Laurie A.

Email: Ljaeger@cvm.tamu.edu

mechanisms of trophoblast differentiation
steroid, growth factor
extracellular matrix
integrin interactions in conceptus development and implantation

Johnson, Greg A.

Email: GJohnson@cvm.tamu.edu

reproductive physiology of pregnancy focusing on uterine and fetal-placental development in relation to pregnancy recognition, implantation, and placentation

Johnson, Larry

Email: LJOHNSON@cvm.tamu.edu

Toxicology
Histology
Spermatogenesis
gamete physiology
gene expression of Sertoli cells
aging of the testis
seasonal reproductive changes
infertility in males

Ko, Gladys Y.

Email: gko@cvm.tamu.edu

Neuroscience
Toxicology
Circadian neurobiology and synaptic plasticity
Circadian regulation of ion channels (voltage-dependent calcium channels and cyclic-nucleotide gated channels) and neurotransmitter release from chick retina cone photoreceptors.
Circadian regulation of synaptic plasticity and the cellular mechanisms of melatonin effects in mammalian hippocampus.
Signal transduction, electrophysiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, morphology and molecular biology.

Li, Jianrong

Email: jrli@cvm.tamu.edu

Neurobiology
Glia biology
Mechanisms underlying the effects of neuroimmune molecules in the mammalian central nervous system on oligodendrocyte development, myelination, demyelination and/or remyelination.
Interactions among oligodendrocytes, microglia, neurons and astrocytes under physiological and pathophysiological conditions
Novel role of vitamin K in the central nervous system

McArthur, Newell H.

Email: NMCARTHUR@cvm.tamu.edu

Neurobiology
Neuroanatomy
Neuroendocrinology

Murphy, William

Email: wmurphy@cvm.tamu.edu

Feline gene mapping
Mammalian comparative genomics
Genetics of male hybrid sterility
Molecular evolution and phylogenetics
Y chromosome evolution

Norby, Bo

Email: BNorby@cvm.tamu.edu

Analytical epidemiology
Validation of diagnostic test
Spatial and temporal determinants for variation in diagnostic test performance
Early detection of infectious diseases and potential bio-terrorism agents
Infectious disease surveillance, control, and eradication
Ecology of antimicrobial resistance
Food safety
Zoonotic diseases

Phillips, Timothy D.

Email: TPHILLIPS@cvm.tamu.edu

food safety
molecular toxicology
elucidation of fundamental chemical mechanisms of toxic action/interaction of food‑borne carcinogens, mutagens, and developmental toxicants
development of methods to detect and detoxify food-borne and environmental toxins

Porter, Weston

Email: WPorter@cvm.tamu.edu

Identification and characterization of factors involved in normal mammary gland development and breast cancer
Carcinogenesis
environment-development interactions

Samollow, Paul B.

Email: psamollow@cvm.tamu.edu

Comparative genomics and genome evolution.
Genetics / genomics of marsupials; with emphasis on the gray, short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica).
Patterns and characteristics of meiotic recombination in marsupials.
Genetic architecture of marsupial immune system components.
Evolutionary genetics and genetic structure of natural populations.
Genetics of variation in human thyroid-hormone phenotypes.

Raudsepp, Terje

Email: traudsepp@cvm.tamu.edu

general and molecular cytogenetics, chromosome evolution
general and biomedical genomics in domestic animals
physical gene mapping in animals/birds
comparative genomics, mammalian genome evolution
structure and organization of equine sex chromosomes (the X and Y chromosomes)
sex and reproduction related genes in horses

Russell, Leon H.

Email: LRUSSELL@cvm.tamu.edu

Epidemiology
medical mycology
zoonotic diseases (rabies)
food toxicology

Scott, H. Morgan

Email: HMScott@cvm.tamu.edu

Epidemiology
antimicrobial resistance
transmission dynamics of infectious diseases
environmental epidemiology
ecological integrity
quantitative methods
food safety

Skow, Loren C.

Email: Lskow@cvm.tamu.edu

developmental biology
comparative molecular genetics of mammals with emphasis on molecular analysis of genetic diseases, development of animal models of human genetic disorders

Slater, Margaret R.

Email: MSLATER@cvm.tamu.edu