MS Comparative Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences

Long Island University - C.W. Post

The Master of Science program in Comparative Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences (CBVS) in the Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine is designed to train students in coursework and research areas applicable to One Health, which will provide them with expertise in a broad area of disciplines. The program takes advantage of the wide variety of courses already established in the School of Natural and Life Sciences (Department of Biology) and College of Health Professions and Nursing (Department of Biomedical Science) at Long Island University, and basic science courses offered in the first two years of the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine professional program, including bacteriology, virology, parasitology, epidemiology, immunology, toxicology, physiology, pathology, and pharmacology. Courses specific to CBVS include a weekly seminar on research carried out in the Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine or at other institutions by faculty or graduate students. The CBVS research program has two major focus areas for the M.S. degree: Infectious Diseases and Comparative Medicine and Therapeutics. Infectious Diseases include training in the specific disciplines of bacteriology, virology, parasitology, immunology, and vaccine development. The focus area Comparative Medicine and Therapeutics includes research in Cancer Biology, Chemo- and Precision-Therapeutics, Molecular Immuno-Physiology, Pathology, Molecular Pathophysiology, and Regenerative Medicine.