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Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology Education, research, and clinical diagnostics to improve animal and human health locally and globally

With a focus on understanding the pathology, improving the diagnostics, and developing more effective treatments, vaccines, and cures for internationally important infectious diseases, the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology is home to world-renowned scientists and leaders in laboratory research. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working alongside faculty with specialties in bacteriology, mycobacterial diseases, prion biology, vector-borne infectious diseases, virology, and computational biology.

Degree Programs

Residencies and Externships

Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians Combined Anatomic Pathology Residency and Ph.D. Combined Clinical Pathology Residency and Ph.D. Combined Comparative Medicine Residency and M.S./Ph.D. Combined Microbiology Residency and Ph.D.

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Areas of Expertise

Bacteriology Immunology Mycobacterial Diseases Prion Biology Vector-Borne Infectious Disease Virology

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Improbable Research: Winners of the Ig Nobel Prize

VIDEO: Scott Carver, a former postdoc in Dr. Sue VandeWoude’s lab, now a faculty member at the University of Tasmania, won an Ig Nobel prize for studying how, and why, wombats make cube-shaped poo.

Havre Daily News: New CWD management area set after deer test positive near Libby

The Veterinary Diagnostic Lab at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, tested the samples and identified them to be suspected of CWD infection and will run second tests for confirmation.

9News: CSU researchers look into potential for Rift Valley Fever transmission in Colorado

VIDEO: “We would be faced with large scale mortality of livestock and lots of sick people,” said Kading, an assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at CSU.

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