Jules and Ruth Cass Clerkship Award in Comparative Laboratory Animal Medicine, Science and Technology

Cass Clerkship

The American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine sponsors a summer fellowship at OSU for the purpose of gaining experience in and/or exposure to the field of laboratory animal medicine. The deadline for submission for summer 2008 is March 1st, with selection being announced by March 21st. Any vet student interested in this field is strongly encouraged to consider applying for this opportunity.

The experience consists of a 12-week summer program based in the department of University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) under the direction of Dr. Carrie Freed. The fellow will have the opportunity to work with a variety of species including mice, rats, rabbits, pigs, dogs, hamsters, and non-human primates. The fellow will gain experience in experimental surgery, various technical procedures, research animal oversight and regulations, administration of a lab animal program, overall operation and facility design of an animal Vivarium, and didactic seminars related to clinical care of the research animals, as well as other aspects of laboratory animal medicine.

The stipend for the summer program is $5,193 divided into three equal payments at the end of each 4-week period.

For additional information about the program, feel free to contact Dr. Freed or any of the previous fellows:

• Dianne Horowitz (horowitz.43@osu.edu) (Class of 2008)
• Stacy Dralle (dralle.2@osu.edu) (Class of 2009)
• Kelly Cole (cole.401@osu.edu) (2010)

Applications and a current CV should be sent to freed.36@osu.edu by March 1, 2008.

Download the current application.