Veterinary Public Health Resident - Animal Health Emergency Management

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Veterinary Medicine | Veterinary Preventive Medicine-JMApplications are now being accepted for a
** Veterinary Public Health Resident / Graduate Associate
** position focused on
** Animal Health Emergency Management in Ohio**. The selected candidate will participate in the
** Veterinary Public Health Residency**, an American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM)-Certified Training Program housed within the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at The Ohio State University. The residency program is divided in three tracks that take place concurrently over a three-year period. In the first track –
** Academic Training**, the resident will concurrently pursue a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree through the OSU College of Public Health, specializing in Veterinary Public Health, on a part-time basis as a
** Graduate Associate
** hosted in the College of Veterinary Medicine. As part of this track, the Resident will be expected to support and contribute to the delivery of Veterinary Public Health and Animal Health Emergency Management topics in the College of Veterinary Medicine professional DVM and graduate curricula, among other academic and scholarly activities.

Second track –
** Animal Health Emergency Management**, the resident will work closely with OSU faculty members and public officials at the State and Federal level. For this track, the VPH resident will be concurrently collocated at the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA), collaborating directly with the State Veterinarian, Assistant State Veterinarian, the USDA-APHIS-VS Area Veterinarian in Charge (AVIC) for Ohio, and emergency coordinators from both ODA and USDA.

Through this collaborative engagement, the resident will contribute to a broad range of animal health emergency management activities across the state.

These include, but are not limited to:
* Developing state emergency response plans
* Designing and facilitating tabletop and field exercises for foreign animal disease (FAD) scenarios
* Providing training and education to regulatory officials, veterinarians, and producers
* Actively participating in response efforts during FAD outbreaks or other animal health emergencies

The resident is also expected to pursue advanced Incident Command System (ICS) training and attend relevant workshops and conferences related to FAD response.

Third Track - ACVPM Board Preparation. The resident will coordinate and actively participate in the ACVPM OSU study group in preparation for the ACVPM Board Certification Examination on the last year of the residency.

Program Outcomes:
Upon successful completion, the resident will: earn an MPH-VPH degree, receive a Veterinary Public Health Residency Certificate, and be eligible to sit for the ACVPM Board Certification Examination Professional development:
The Resident/Graduate Associate can expect to gain skills and experience in One Health competency areas, such as infectious disease epidemiology, food protection, environmental health, emergency response and preparedness, multi-disciplinary communication and coordination, and project management. Additional details regarding the Veterinary Public Health Residency training program at OSU can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Additional Information:
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* MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

** Applicants must hold a DVM/VMD degree from an accredited College of Veterinary Medicine and will fulfill the requirements for acceptance into the OSU…