Food Animal Infectious Disease Faculty

Open FacultyPositions- Food Animal Infectious Diseases

Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

Collegeof Veterinary Medicine

The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicineseeksapplicants for two tenure track faculty positionswithin the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicinewithexpertisein infectious diseasesof food animalsand/or poultry.

Position Overview

The Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine invites applications for two 9-month tenure track faculty positionsat theexpectedrank of Assistant Professorwithresponsibility for research, teaching, and outreach related to infectious diseasesof food animalsand/or poultry.Applicants with infectious disease experience that crosses a full range of animal populations are highly desired.Ideally,oneof thesepositionswill emphasize infectious diseases oflivestock,and the second will emphasize infectious diseases ofpoultry.Thesepositions arepart of a larger hiring effort within the College of Veterinary Medicine to support the Protect OHIO initiative (https://vet.osu.edu/about/Protect-OHIO).

The successful applicants will provide compellingevidence of their potential to develop nationally recognizedscholarlyresearch programs that address the prevention and control of infectious diseases relevant to animal agricultural constituentsin Ohio.As research intensive positions,thesefacultymemberswill be expected to activelyseekfederal and other extramuralfunding,andtoincorporate graduate student training into their research programs.Teaching responsibilities will include providing instruction toprofessional DVMand graduate students on topics that may include livestock and/or poultry production systems, preventive medicine, animal welfare, disease diagnosis, prevention and control,veterinary public health, and food safety.Although there is no formal Extension appointment with this position, thesefaculty memberswill be expectedtoserve as infectious diseaseoutreachexpert resourcesfor internal and external constituent groups,andtocommunicate with stakeholders regularly, includinglivestock or poultry producers, regulatory agencies, and the academic community.

Performance Objectives

Research Objectives:

• Create anationally recognizedindependent and collaborativescholarly research program addressingprevention and control of infectious diseases relevant to food animal production in Ohio.

• Actively seek and regularly receive extramural supportofresearch,including federal funding.

• Effectivelyincorporate graduate student traininginto researchina mannerthat allowstrainees tocompleteComparative Biomedical Sciencesdegree programsin a timely manner.

• Routinelyproducerecognized scholarlyoutputs,includingresearchmanuscripts published inappropriatepeer-reviewedscientificjournals.

Teaching Objectives:

• Deliver high-quality instruction on food animal infectious diseases, livestock and poultry production systems, and preventive medicine forprofessional DVMand graduate students.

• Mentor graduate andprofessional DVMstudentswithinterest infood animal infectious diseases.

Outreach Objectives:

• Support livestock and poultry health and disease preventionin Ohioby building andmaintainingpartnerships with producers, private veterinary practitioners, diagnostic laboratories, other academic colleagues, and regulatory agencies.

Education and Experience Requirements

Required:

• PhD in a field relevant tofoodanimaland/or poultryinfectious diseases.

• Experiencesuccessfully performing researchinfood animaland/or poultryinfectious diseases.

• Evidence of, or strong potential for, securing extramural research funding.

• Strong communicationskills.

• Ability to contribute to a positive and collaborative work environment.

Desired:

• Both aDVM(or equivalent)and a PhDor other advanced trainingin a field relevant to food animal and/or poultry infectious diseases.

• Board certification ina relevantAVMA recognizedveterinary specialty (e.g., ACVPM, ACZM, ACVIM, ABVP, AAAP, etc.).

• Experienceteachingstudentsfoodanimal infectious disease topics.

• Experience with outreachto animal agriculture constituents.

• Demonstrated familiarity withNorth Americanfood animal production systems.

Additional Information

The offer for this position will be based on internal equity and the candidate9s qualifications.

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