Support Our Departments
Within the College of Veterinary Medicine, our academic departments are where discovery, training and care take shape. Each department plays a critical role in advancing animal and human health by educating DVM students and graduate trainees, expanding research and delivering specialized clinical expertise. Philanthropic support at this level strengthens the foundation of our work and ensures that innovation and excellence continue across all disciplines.
Gifts that support departments have a direct and meaningful impact. They help recruit and retain outstanding trainees, accelerate research and enhance the programs that prepare the next generation of veterinary leaders. Whether inspired by personal experience or a shared commitment to the future of the profession, supporters help drive progress where it matters most.
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Department-level support, college-wide impact
Learn more about how you can support each of our departments in the areas that will have the most impact.
In the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, we're discovering how the smallest organisms can make a big difference in the health of animals and people.
Through the Comparative Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Research Program, or CHIRP, we’re just beginning to understand the full potential of the microbiome.
Your support helps CHIRP researchers ask ambitious questions, bring together the scientific community needed to answer them and move promising discoveries from the laboratory toward real-world patient care.
Comparative Hepatobiliary and Intestinal Research Program (CHIRP) Support- 316706
In the Department of Veterinary Biosciences, we’re pioneering innovative approaches to study how infections spread in humans and animals.
Your support fuels research that detects emerging threats earlier, uncovers new ways to prevent and treat disease, strengthens food security and advances the health of both animals and people.
In the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, we’re turning research into prevention to protect animals and people before disease strikes.
Your gift to the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine supports research that helps scientists at Ohio State anticipate emerging diseases, protect animal health and safeguard the well-being of our communities.