Graduate Programs in the Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology

 

Ph.D. in Pathobiology

The Pathobiology Graduate Program is an interdepartmental and interdisciplinary program with a mission to provide a broad-based graduate education to students seeking a PhD degree in the areas of infectious and non-infectious diseases of animals, food safety, security, and policy, and production animal medicine and management. The graduate program faculty have established programmatic requirements, within the overall policies of the Graduate School, for admission, supervision, and completion of the degree and provide both the course instruction and the research training essential to accomplish the mission. The graduate training is provided in a vibrant multidisciplinary environment, exposing students to a variety of disciplines and research areas. A unique aspect of the program is that it offers opportunities to D.V.M students to work concurrently on the doctoral program (D.V.M/Ph.D.), which expands opportunities for students to pursue career options beyond traditional veterinary practice.
The program is managed by Graduate Faculty primarily from the Departments of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology (DMP) and Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The program is also served by faculty from other departments or units at K-State, which include Anatomy and Physiology, Animal Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Biology, Biosecurity Research Institute, Entomology, and the Olathe campus. The faculty in the Pathobiology Program have national and international reputations in areas of transboundary diseases, swine viral diseases, bacterial diseases, vector-borne diseases, epidemiology, vaccine development, and food safety and security. Faculty recognitions include a Regent’s Professorship, two faculty with the title of University Distinguished Professor, and six have the honor of endowed professorships. The research activities and discovery strengths of the faculty in the program are organized and focused in Centers and Institutes, which include the Beef Cattle Institute (BCI) and Center of Excellence for Emerging and Zoonotic Animal Diseases (CEEZAD). Many researchers from outside K-State are adjunct members of the program. Additionally, graduate students in the program have opportunities to work with federal research institutes, such as the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Unit (ABADRU), a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) institute in Manhattan, KS to study vector borne diseases and the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan, a Department of Homeland Security laboratory to study foreign animal diseases.


Faculty Contact

Dr. T.G. Nagaraja
Director, Pathobiology Graduate Program
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
College of Veterinary Medicine
Kansas State University
305 Coles Hall
1620 Denison Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66506-5800
Tel: 785-532-1214
Cell: 785-341-6342
tnagaraj@vet.k-state.edu

Graduate Program Assistant Contact

Ms. Barb Turner
Graduate Program Assistant
Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology
Kansas State University
302 Coles Hall
1620 Denison Avenue
Manhattan, KS 66506-5800
Tel: 785-532-4500
bturner3@vet.k-state.edu