Career Pathways

The Career Pathways Committee (CPC) develops and implements outreach efforts to veterinary medical students and veterinarians outside the field of laboratory animal medicine in order to increase the number of laboratory animal veterinarians in biomedical research. For additional information about any of the opportunities listed below, contact Bobby Brown, Michael Hart, or Janet Welter of the CPC.

Veterinary Student Opportunities

ACLAM Externships
Individuals interested in availing themselves to a 2-3 week exposure to this profession should contact the persons on the list of externships. These contacts, on your behalf, can apply for monies from ACLAM to support travel, lodging, and education expenses. Externship experiences will vary by host institution, so we encourage you to shop for the program that best matches your interests.

Prospective Host Institutions
If you are interested in hosting an extern, please complete the (Externship Host Form) form by October 1st.  At the end of the externship the extern must complete the Extern Evaluation Form.  Completed forms should be returned to the ACLAM Executive Director as stated on the form.

Upon completion of the externship, the host institution is to have the extern complete the (Extern Evaluation Form) as per the directions on the form, the Extern Evaluation Form is to be submitted electronically to Dr. Melvin Balk.

ASLAP externships, veterinary student rotations, and preceptorships can be found on the ASLAP website. ASLAP also funds a travel award to the AALAS National Meeting.

Opportunities for Veterinarians

ACLAM Externships
See above.

Training Programs
Laboratory animal training programs for graduate veterinarians are available. Please see the Training Programs page.

Outreach Tools
Laboratory animal veterinarians interested in educating others about the field are welcome to use the information at right in their outreach efforts.

ACLAM–ASLAP Joint Initiatives

Veterinary School Luncheon Series
ASLAP and ACLAM work together each year to provide a lecture or round-table discussion focused on careers in laboratory animal medicine. Generally ACLAM covers the cost of food for these events. The goal of this program is to have an event at each veterinary school in the United States and Canada once every 3 years. Since 2006, this program has supported events at Ontario Veterinary College, Purdue University, Oregon State University, Tufts University, University of Saskatchewan, University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin, Virginia Tech University of Maryland, University of Prince Edward Island, and others. These programs rely heavily on the ASLAP Student Liaisons to facilitate setting up these programs. For information or to volunteer, please contact Michael Hart

Other Joint Initiatives

• Merial NIH National Scholars Veterinary Symposium
• SAVMA Symposium (Student Chapter of the American Veterinary Medical Association)
• SCVMA (Student Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting)
• Pre-Veterinary Symposium