Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine

Externships in the MCM Program

Students immerse themselves in a conservation medicine setting of their choice under the guidance of an academic mentor and a field mentor for a minimum of four weeks during the program year. Externships provide students with insight into how conservation medicine issues are addressed and how interdisciplinary approaches can be applied in a real-world setting. Students can participate in field, clinical, analytical, laboratory, project management, policy, or other experiences of their choosing that meet elective requirement and are approved by the program director or assistant director. The program encourages and assists students to create their own worthwhile externships in the direction of their own career goals and interests. Externships will be completed ideally during the winter break, though completion during the summer can be accommodated depending upon the opportunity. The program can assist students with applying for funding for externships but does not have its own funds to support students. Our students engage in amazing efforts with impressive conservation partners and organizations and often use these experiences as stepping stones to further their academic and professional careers.

  • Africa

    • Botswana - Northern Tuli Game Reserve (Tuli Block)
    • Malawi - Lilongwe Wildlife Centre (Lilongwe)
    • South Africa - Adventures with Elephants (Limpopo Province)
    • South Africa – EcoHealth Alliance Research Exchange / USGS National Wildlife Health Center
    • South Africa - SANCCOB Saves Seabirds (Table View, South Africa)
    • Tanzania - Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency, subset of The Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development (Dar es Salaam)
    • Uganda - Uganda Wildlife Authority (Kampala)
    • Zimbabwe‎ - Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservation (Mashonaland East)

    Asia

    • China - Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (Sichuan)
    • China - Gangri Neichog Research and Conservation Center (Qinghai Province)
    • India - Christian Medical College (Vellore)
    • India – CUPA, Compassion Unlimited Plus Action (Bangalore)
    • Indonesia - Cikananga Wildlife Center (West Java, Indonesia)
    • Indonesia - Yayasan International Animal Rescue (Bogor)
    • Malaysia - Wetlands International (Petaling Jaya, Selangor)
    • Thailand - Freeland Foundation Internship (Bangkok)
    • Thailand - Mahidol University (Nakhon Pathom)

    Australia

    • Australia - Centre for Compassionate Conservation, University of Technology (Sydney)
    • Australia - Marine Bioacoustics Laboratory, Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark and Murdoch University Cetacean Research Unit (Exmouth, Ningaloo Marine Park)
    • Australia - Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (Tasmania)
    • Australia - University of Sydney
    • Tasmania - Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (Hobart)

    Canada

    • Canada - Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre (Saskatoon)
    • Canada Ecosystem Approach in Tremblay (Tremblay Sound, Nunavut)

    Central & South America

    • Belize - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation
    • Brazil - Mamirauá Sustainable Development Institute IDSM (Tefe)
    • Brazil - Reserva do Ibitipoca, (Ibitipoca, Minas Gerais)
    • Costa Rica - Toucan Rescue Ranch (San Josecito, Heredia)
    • Manta Trust Caribe (Isla Mujeres, Mexico)
    • Peru - San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research (Cusco, Manu National Park)

    Europe

    • Germany - United Nations Environment Programme (Bonn)
    • Italy - FAO, Animal Production and Health Division, Animal Genetics Resources Branch (Rome)
    • Italy - FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization (Rome)

    • Butterfly Project NYC (New York City)
    • Conservation Law Foundation (Boston, MA)
    • EcoHealth Alliance (MA)
    • EcoHealth Alliance Research Exchange / USGS National Wildlife Health Center (WI)
    • Grassroots Wildlife Conservation (Concord, MA)
    • Humane Society, Prairie Dog Coalition (Boulder, CO)
    • IFAW, International Fund for Animal Welfare (Washington, DC)
    • Loon Preservation Committee (Moultonborough, NH)
    • National Audubon Society (Washington, DC)
    • Rocky Mountain Wild (Denver, CO)
    • Sustainable Settings (Carbondale, CO)
    • WWF, World Wildlife Fund (Washington, DC)

    • Alaska Department of Fish & Game (Fairbanks, AK)
    • Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Atlanta, GA)
    • Massachusetts Department of Health (Concord, MA)
    • Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game (MA)
    • New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (Albany, NY)
    • New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (Staatsburg, NY)
    • North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management (Barrow, AK)
    • Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (Salem, OR)
    • United States Fish & Wildlife Services (Chelsea, MA)
    • Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (LaConner, WA)

    • Colorado State University, Department of Biomedical Sciences (Fort Collins, CO)
    • Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Health Diagnostic Center (Ithaca, NY)
    • Cornell University, New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Geneva, NY)
    • Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health (Grafton, MA)
    • Bloom Biological, Inc (Santa Ana, CA)
    • Dauphin Island Sea Lab (Dauphin Island, AL)
    • Delaware State University / New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NY)
    • HealthMap (Boston, MA)
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
    • Smithsonian Institution National Elephant Herpesvirus Laboratory (Washington, DC)
    • Tom Ridge Environmental Center (Erie, PA)
    • Tufts University Institute of the Environment (Medford, MA)
    • Tufts Wildlife Clinic & Wildlife Rehabilitators’ Association of Massachusetts (Grafton, MA)
    • University of Connecticut, Mystic Aquarium Research Laboratory (Avery Point, CT)
    • University of Washington, Center for One Health Research (Seattle, WA)
    • University of Washington, Human Animal Medicine Project (Seattle, WA)
    • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (Woods Hole, MA)
    • Woods Hole Research Center (Falmouth, MA)

    • Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach, CA)
    • Cape Wildlife Center (Barnstable, MA)
    • Columbus Zoo (Powell, OH)
    • Liberty Wildlife, Inc (Phoenix, AZ)
    • Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago, IL)
    • Marine Mammal Center (Sausalito, CA)
    • Marine Science Center (Nahant, MA)
    • Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center (Santa Cruz, CA)
    • Mystic Aquarium (Cape Cod, MA)
    • New England Wildlife Center (South Weymouth, MA)
    • North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (Kure Beach, NC)
    • Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Laurel, MD)
    • Philadelphia Zoo (PA)