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.

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, 29 faculty and student offices, and several multi-user laboratories. There are approximately 76 individuals in the department; 23 faculty, 16 graduate students, 10 postdoctoral fellows, and 27 support personnel. Three of our faculty members have joint appointments: two 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, matching support for faculty research initiatives, and additional salary support for research technicians. In addition, five 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 a 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.





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