About This Department

Department: College of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology
Insitution: NC State University
  Raleigh, NC
 

As its mission, the Department of Population Health and Pathobiology withing the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State University strives to:

Prepare today’s veterinary, undergraduate, and graduate students to respond to current and future challenges in both veterinary and human medicine.

Serve national and global endeavors focused on food animal production, veterinary medicine and human medicine through excellence in teaching, high impact research and discovery, veterinary clinical sciences, and extension/engagement.

Orient our research to the One Health approach focused on the areas of pathology, immunology/infectious disease, farm and food animal medicine (swine, poultry and ruminant), and epidemiology/global health benefiting both animal and human populations.

Our high standards of excellence position us as leaders in the Veterinary College, North Carolina State University, and profession.

The College has gained international recognition on the strength of its teaching, research, engagement, and patient care efforts and is ranked 3rd among the nation’s colleges of veterinary medicine in the current U.S. News & World Report survey.

Located on 180 acres near downtown Raleigh, the College encompasses 20 buildings on the main Centennial Biomedical Campus. Instruction is in three departments-Clinical Sciences, Molecular Biomedical Sciences, and Population Health and Pathobiology. In addition to the four-year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, there are programs leading to master and doctoral degrees in several areas with numerous opportunities for specialization.