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Graduate Fields of Study The Code of Legislation of the Graduate School defines graduate fields as "voluntary groupings of members of the graduate faculty who have academic interests in common and who wish to exercise shared responsibility for an area of inquiry and for the admission, education, and, as appropriate, financial support of graduate students. Fields are independent of traditional college or department divisions, so they may draw together faculty members from several colleges, departments, and related disciplines in accordance with scholarly interests." With graduate fields defined in this way, Cornell graduate students complete an educational program that can be truly interdisciplinary. The chairman of a student's Special Committee must come from the Field to which the student is admitted; however, members of the Committee representing the student's minor can come from any of the graduate fields on campus. | ||
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There are five Graduate Fields administratively housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine. | |
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Comparative Biomedical Sciences The programs in the Field of Comparative Biomedical Sciences leading to the Ph.D. degree are designed to prepare graduates for positions in research and teaching, primarily in the medical
sciences. The conduct of independent research is an essential feature of training, and a commitment to the pursuit of research is expected. Each student selects a major in one of the following areas of concentration: Developmental & Reproductive Biology, Structural & Functional Biology, Cellular & Molecular Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Population Medicine & Epidemiology. |
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The Field of Immunology offers advanced training in cellular immunology, immunochemistry, immunogenetics, immunopathology, and infection and immunity. The goal of the field is to provide students with broad training in both the underlying mechanisms responsible for vertebrate immunity, and the means by which to study the host's immune response. Research is focused primarily on host resistance to infectious disease. Model pathogens being studied include Marek's disease virus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Toxoplasm gondii, Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, Trichinella spiralis, Brugia pahangi, and Schistosoma mansoni. Field members specialize on more basic aspects of immune function as well, including, Ig receptor signaling, cell imaging, immunotoxicology, thymic hormones, fetal-maternal interactions, equine immune function, and autoimmune disease. |
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The Field of Pharmacology offers an intensive course of study and research with particular emphasis on cellular, molecular, and biophysical aspects of pharmacology. Major research is in progress in the Field of Pharmacology to elucidate the basic cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in receptor and ion channel function, signal transduction, neurotransmission, stimulus-secretion coupling, membrane-trafficking, and mechanisms of oncogensis and genetic recombination and DNA repair. Research in clinical pharmacology is conducted with the goal of optimizing therapy in the multiple mammalian and nonmammalian species encountered in veterinary medicine. Research also emphasizes the molecular and cellular bases of diseases such as allergies, cancer, diabetes, diarrhea, and epilepsy. |
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Field of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Faculty members in the Field of Molecular and Integrative physiology study how things function in animals at levels of biological organization from the whole animal down to individual molecules. The objects of study range from mosquitoes to humans. Students may find opportunities for research in behavioral physiology, cardiovascular and respiratory physiology, endocrinology, environmental and comparative physiology, gastrointestinal and metabolic physiology, membrane and epithelial physiology, molecular and cellular physiology, neural and sensory physiology, reproductive physiology and physiological genomics. Courses offered by field faculty provide a basic background in systemic and cellular physiology, plus specialized, cutting edge knowledge in specific concentrations. |
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Field of Zoology & Wildlife Conservation Zoology spans a range of disciplines at Cornell. Students often utilize techniques in their studies that derive from independent areas of scholarship. Current areas of specialization include comparative, functional, and developmental anatomy (vertebrate and invertebrate) with the overarching theme of “organismal biology.” Many students pursue anatomically– or behaviorally-based questions placed in an ecological context. Several students pursue studies in conservation and evolutionary biology. Students and faculty are drawn from across the campus, and faculty represent no less than four of the university’s colleges and seven departments. |
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Other Fields of Study with graduate students in the Veterinary School: |
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complete list of the Graduate Fields of Study available
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