Research

Our faculty are leaders in advancing methodologies and approaches that drive scientific discovery. We are at the forefront of assisted reproduction in horses, cattle, and small ruminants. Cummings School faculty have a passion for finding novel solutions to complex problems that affect human and animal health.

We are creating new diagnostics, treatments, and preventatives for diseases that impact both veterinary and human patients. Our work spans testing novel immunotherapies for various cancers, such as osteosarcoma and lymphoma, understanding the effects of chronic opioid use across generations, and optimizing methods for detecting and preventing infectious diseases.

We develop, validate, and improve laboratory-based and animal model systems to improve successful translation of work into affected veterinary and human patients. With support from the Clinical Research Shared Resource, clinical trials in client-owned animals across a variety of disease entities such as cancer, arthritis, neurologic conditions, and cardiovascular disease help bridge discoveries in veterinary patients to humans.

A core tenet of our research mission is teaching the next generation of innovators across the space of animal, human, and global health. Veterinary students, graduate students, interns, and residents play an integral role in our research. Aspects of research are woven throughout the D.V.M. didactic curriculum and clinical year, with opportunities to conduct clinical, laboratory, and field research throughout the duration of their training.