The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center is offering externships in Anatomic Pathology and Lab Animal Medicine. The externship will provide extensive experience at an AALAC accredited facility in non-human primate pathology and medicine to veterinary students.

The Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) is one of 6 NIH-funded National Primate Research Centers and is located in Madison, Wisconsin. Major research areas include global infectious disease, regenerative and reproductive medicine, energy metabolism and chronic disease, neuroscience, and transplant medicine.

Students will assist the Pathologists in post-mortem examinations, histopathology and cytology review, and will be responsible for completing one case report with the mentoring of WNPRC pathologists.  The externship will provide limited clinical pathology training (hematology methods, urinalysis, fecal analysis, parasitology assay techniques, and interpretation of results).

The students may attend resident rounds at the School of veterinary medicine and the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for additional clinical pathology, gross pathology, histopathology, and ocular pathology experience. Other scheduled activities will include morbidity and mortality rounds at the WNPRC and attending the NPRC nonhuman primate pathology virtual slide conference.

A short presentation on a topic of importance in Non-human primate medicine and/or pathology during Morbidity and Mortality rounds is required.

In addition, the extern is expected to complete a small

research project in the area of infectious disease, behavioral or other areas of interest by

the extern proposed to the coordinator. The learning goals of the externship include but

are not limited to the following:

• Work under the supervision of trained personnel (Pathologist and/or prosector) in gross pathological examiantnions and histopathology case reading.

Exposure to a diverse research projects in different fields of laboratory animal

medicine such as preventive medicine, reproduction, behavior, genetics,

immunology, virology (such as others SIV and dengue), aging,

neurodegenerative diseases (i.e Parkinson), and epidemiology.

• Active participation in clinical, experimental surgery, and necropsies (c

sections, biopsies, stereotaxic surgery, solid organ transplantation, etc)

• Learning the use of conventional and novel techniques (digital radiography,

MRI, PET, CT scans, etc)

• IACUC and Institutional Biosafety Committees and participation in aspects

related to interpretation of AWA, PHS and the Guide.

• Participation in the review and approval of research protocols

• Participation and training in the administration of Laboratory animal facilities.

• Participation in discussions of facilities renovation including HVAC issues and

others.

• Perform administrative, teaching and supervising tasks.

• Participation in continuing education activities like journal clubs, case

presentation discussions, webinars, national meetings and trainings.

• Veterinary laboratory animal medicine and pathology didactic lectures and

reviews.

• Assists in establishment and/or monitoring of occupational health and safety

program.

• Prevention and monitoring and for zoonotic diseases.

• Advises on and monitors biohazard control policies and procedures relevant to

the animal care and use program.

• Maintains constant communication with researchers, providing advice on the

implementation of their research protocols as well as on the status of their

animals.

• • Manage controlled substances at the facility.