TenuredTenure-Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Veterinary Clinical Pathology

The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB) College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) Texas A&M University (TAMU) is seeking a motivated individual for one full-time 11-month appointment faculty position in veterinary clinical pathology.Applicants will be considered for a tenured tenure-track or academic professional track (non-tenure) faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor Associate Professor Clinical Assistant Professor or Clinical Associate Professor depending on qualifications and commensurate with credentials.

Academic Professional Track Faculty Expectations:

• 30-40% to teaching
• 30-40% effort to diagnostic service
• 10-30% to scholarly activities
• 10% to academic citizenship (service)

Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty Expectations:

• 35-60% to scholarly activities
• 25-30% effort to diagnostic service
• 20-30% to teaching
• 10% to academic citizenship (service)

Scholarly activity:The faculty member will be expected to engage in scholarly activity that is synergistic with the Colleges research teaching and clinical service missions. A successful candidate will be expected to develop an extramurally funded creative and productive research program in relevant fields of interest that will involve the training of graduate students residents and/or professional students. Contributions to collaborative research will also be valued. A successful clinical-track candidate will be expected to participate in research but will not be expected to maintain an independent research program.

Diagnostic service:The faculty member will share service responsibilities with the team of four full-time clinical pathologists three clinical pathology residents six full-time laboratory staff members and many student workers. Service includes evaluating a variety of cytologic hematologic and urologic samples from the Small and Large Animal Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospitals as well as reviewing laboratory data for patients and assisting with quality assurance. Duties also include discussing cases with clinicians residents medical technologists veterinary technicians and students.

Teaching:The faculty member will participate in the clinical training of pathology residents and veterinary students. Teaching responsibilities include instruction of didactic and clinical courses for students in multiple years of the veterinary curriculum graduate courses for residents participation in a variety of department and interdepartmental rounds and seminars and oversight of rotating interns and residents. The faculty member is expected to become an effective teacher so demonstration of previous teaching effectiveness is preferred and they should be able to work with persons from a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds. The development of innovative instructional delivery is encouraged and valued.

The VTPB department is home to a NIH-funded T32 Program that provides support to veterinarians seeking advanced training in biomedical research. The successful candidate will have opportunities to mentor trainees under this program.

Service:Faculty members are expected to contribute service activities to the department college university and their professional community through service on committees and positions of leadership. The selected candidate will be expected to adhere to theColleges code of professional conduct.

Compensation will be commensurate with accomplishments and experience. Texas A&M University makes available a significant fringe benefit package with multiple options in life insurance healthcare insurance retirement as well as an excellent vacation and sick leave program.

The Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (VTPB) includes 41 faculty members with diverse disciplinary backgrounds and scholarly interests. Faculty members are located at the Texas A&M University campus in College Station at the Veterinary Education Research and Outreach (VERO) program on the campus of West Texas A&M University in Canyon and at the Higher Education Center at McAllen (HECM) in South Texas. Faculty members contribute to teaching in the DVM professional program and undergraduate and graduate biomedical sciences programs. Research emphasis areas within VTPB are broad and include Diagnostic Medicine Infectious Diseases Immunology Food Animal Microbiology & Epidemiology Clinical Microbiology Biomedical Genetics/Genomics & Bioinformatics Pathology Artificial Intelligence in Veterinary Medicine and Wildlife Medicine & Conservation. Collaboration opportunities are available with neighboring institutions such as the Texas A&M Health Science Center M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. Our programs aim to ensure that the VMBS Community is representative follows best practices and creates a welcoming climate.

The VTPB department is one of the five academic departments in the VMBS including Large Animal Clinical Sciences Small Animal Clinical Sciences Veterinary Integrative Biosciences and Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology. The faculty member will have opportunities to form collaborations with colleagues in other VMBS academic departments as well as other schools and colleges. TAMU is home to outstanding core facilities offering expertise inflow cytometry genomics immunology histology Texas Institute for Genome Sciences and Society (TIGSS) and image analysis ( on interest and choice the faculty member will also have opportunities to engage in the VMBS international programs ( Additionally the faculty member will also have opportunities to engage with colleagues at the Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) at TAMU which provides an incubator for research on highly infectious and zoonotic diseases of livestock. Faculty have access to the state-of-the-art research facilities including those at the Texas A&M Global Health Research Complex (GHRC; The Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory located on the TAMU campus also gives many unique collaborative opportunities.

TAMU stands as a distinguished Land-Grant Sea-Grant and Space-Grant institution presently holding the position as the nations seventh-largest university by student enrollment. As of Fall 2023 TAMUs student population surpasses 77000. TAMU is home to 17 colleges and schools including esteemed institutions such as the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences the College of Medicine the College of Arts and Sciences the College of Engineering and the School of Public Health. These academic entities are primarily situated within the Bryan-College Station campus area solidifying TAMUs reputation as a comprehensive educational hub.

Texas A&M University is located in the growing and diverse metropolitan area of BryanCollege Station which has a population of approximately 300000. The area offers a wide range of cultural and recreational opportunities excellent schools and a relatively low cost of living. The areas high schools are nationally ranked. Area attractions include the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum the Brazos Valley African American Museum the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History the Museum of the American G.I. and the Brazos Valley Childrens Museum. Historic Downtown Bryan is another popular attraction that combines antique shops family-owned restaurants art galleries and boutiques a restored Art Deco-era theatre a Carnegie Library and the open-air Palace Theatre. One of the most popular times to visit is on First Friday a free event in Downtown Bryan that takes place every month. More details are here must have the following:

Required:

A DVM or equivalent degree

Must be licensed or eligible for a regular or special license to practice veterinary medicine in Texas.

Have board certification by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists in Clinical Pathology or the European College of Veterinary Pathologists or be eligible to take Phase II of the board examination in August 2026.

Preferred:

Preference will be given to candidates who have experience in or are interested in learning about flow cytometry applications to diagnostic veterinary medicine.