Senior/Research Clinical Veterinarian, NEIDL
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Boston University
Boston, MA, US
Summary
The research veterinarian provides clinical oversight, study support, and regulatory guidance for animal research conducted within the NEIDL biocontainment facility. They are responsible for ensuring compliance with federal and local regulations while managing animal care and experimental techniques for ABSL-3 and -4 research.
Job Description
The Senior/Research Clinical Veterinarian role supports the Animal Science Center (ASC) at Boston University with primary responsibility to the Animal Research Services (ARS) unit at NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories). The research veterinarian is responsible for clinical and study support for the ABSL-2/-3/-4 animal core at the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL). This includes providing clinical oversight/support for research animal care and use, medicine, disease diagnosis and experimental techniques for PIs doing ABSL-3 and -4 research in the NEIDL. The research clinical veterinarian advises IACUC, ensuring that research activities are compliant with federal, state and local regulatory policies, laws and regulations that are relevant to animal care and welfare. This position reports to the Attending Veterinarian and Director of the Animal Science Center (ASC). As part of the Animal Science Center, the research clinical veterinarian provides clinical and regulatory oversight and technical study support for animals housed for biomedical research at Boston University. This position will be part of the ASC vet on-call program and may be called in to support specific projects that would benefit from veterinary participation outside of the NEIDL.
For seventy years, Boston University College of General Studies has been a leader in general education—a small liberal arts college providing a world-class general education in the heart of a large research university. The educational practices CGS pioneered and refined—interdisciplinary learning, the Capstone project, the use of e-Portfolios for rigorous assessment, and an emphasis on general education—have since been adopted as best practices in the field of higher education.
Today, CGS continues its legacy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Its two-year program fulfills most of the University’s BU Hub general education requirements, inspiring students to make connections among disciplines and to connect their knowledge to real-world problems. It continues to offer a rigorous and comprehensive liberal arts foundation while guiding students on a unique pathway through BU, teaching them how to apply broad learning, how to think critically and creatively, and how to communicate effectively. With its unique first-year experience—a spring semester start date followed by a summer semester in London or New England—CGS offers the only program at Boston University where study abroad is integrated into the first year of college.
Our faculty and leadership pioneer best practices in interdisciplinary and general education around the globe. And our alumni continue to change the world in every industry and profession they choose—from entertainment to education to business to the medical fields.
We love to stay connected with our alumni, parents, and friends! Follow us here on LinkedIn, join BU Connects (https://buconnects.com/), or share your updates with us via a Class Note (https://www.bu.edu/cgs/alumni/class-notes/).
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
For seventy years, Boston University College of General Studies has been a leader in general education—a small liberal arts college providing a world-class general education in the heart of a large research university. The educational practices CGS pioneered and refined—interdisciplinary learning, the Capstone project, the use of e-Portfolios for rigorous assessment, and an emphasis on general education—have since been adopted as best practices in the field of higher education.
Today, CGS continues its legacy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Its two-year program fulfills most of the University’s BU Hub general education requirements, inspiring students to make connections among disciplines and to connect their knowledge to real-world problems. It continues to offer a rigorous and comprehensive liberal arts foundation while guiding students on a unique pathway through BU, teaching them how to apply broad learning, how to think critically and creatively, and how to communicate effectively. With its unique first-year experience—a spring semester start date followed by a summer semester in London or New England—CGS offers the only program at Boston University where study abroad is integrated into the first year of college.
Our faculty and leadership pioneer best practices in interdisciplinary and general education around the globe. And our alumni continue to change the world in every industry and profession they choose—from entertainment to education to business to the medical fields.
We love to stay connected with our alumni, parents, and friends! Follow us here on LinkedIn, join BU Connects (https://buconnects.com/), or share your updates with us via a Class Note (https://www.bu.edu/cgs/alumni/class-notes/).
Founded
1952
Company size
51-200 employees
Industry
Higher Education
Org type
Educational
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts
