ACVP Training Program Overview
| Name of Institution: | NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program |
| Address: | Molecular Pathology Unit, Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute 9000 Rockville Pike, Room 2000, Building 37 Bethesda, MD, 20892 |
Program Coordinators and Emails:
Dr. R. Mark Simpson, [email protected]
Dr. Heather R. Shive, [email protected]
Prerequisites Beyond DVM:
None
| Program Information: | |||
| Program | CP | AP | Combined MS/PhD |
| Program Options | Anatomic or clinical pathology residency combined with PhD, or PhD alone after completion of anatomic or clinical residency | ||
| Full Time Residents | 13 | ||
| Typical # of years for completion | 6 | ||
| Money to go to one (1) meeting/year | yes | ||
| Money for books and supplies | yes | ||
| Independent research/publication required for program completion? | yes, numerous opportunities for outstanding research training | ||
Comments: The residency phase of the combined program is completed within a residency training program at a partnership university. Each of these strong training programs provides a comprehensive residency training experience that is specific to the individual program and university, such as the breakdown in species typically presented. Continued training in the pathology and the PhD training phase of the combined program are completed at the National Institutes of Health in the Intramural Research Program through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), or National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
For more information about each CBSTP university partner and their residency programs, please visit the CBSTP website at https://nih-cbstp.nci.nih.gov/prospective-trainees/university-partners. Our university partners and liaisons for each university are listed below:
Colorado State University: Dr. Amy MacNeill, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Clinical Pathology) and Dr. Allison Vilandar, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)
Michigan State University: Dr. Dalen Agnew, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology) and Dr. Sarah Corner, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)
Purdue University: Dr. Harm Hogenesch, DVM, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology) and Dr. Sanjeeve Narayanan, BVSc, PhD (Anatomic Pathology)
University of Pennsylvania: Dr. Molly Church, VMD, PhD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology) and Dr. Susan Bender, BS, PhD, VMD, DACVP (Anatomic Pathology)