Program Information

The Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine (M.P.V.M.) program will prepare veterinarians for leadership roles in management or research of diseases in livestock, poultry, and wildlife populations in Florida, USA, and globally. Areas of emphasis are: (a) health and reproduction in livestock populations (b) food safety; (c) health in wildlife populations. The M.P.V.M. is a non-thesis program and is structured to be completed in 1 or 2 years. Only veterinarians (DVM degree or equivalent) will be eligible to enroll in the program.

M.P.V.M. students will complete, in residence, 12 credits of required graduate coursework in veterinary epidemiology (3 credits), biostatistics (3 credits), department/college graduate seminars (2 credits), responsible conduct of research (1 credit), and a special project addressing a health problem in livestock, poultry, and wildlife populations in Florida, USA, or globally (3 credits), as well as 18 credits in elective coursework. The total number of credit hours is 30 (including 15 credits in the major).

M.P.V.M. graduates will have epidemiologic and diagnostic tools to solve complex health problems in livestock and wildlife populations at the state, national, or international levels (e.g., mastitis in dairy cattle, abortion in beef cattle, enhanced surveillance and enhanced biosecurity for management of diseases in livestock, and poultry populations, outbreak investigation of foodborne pathogens, contamination of animal products, diseases and mortality in wildlife). In addition, M.P.V.M. graduates will be better prepared to pursue PhD research training opportunities for future success in research-related positions in industry or in research-intensive positions in academia.

DEGREES OFFERED WITH A MAJOR IN Preventive Veterinary Medicine

  • Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE COURSES

VME 6934Topics in Veterinary Medical Sciences1-4
VME 6936Seminar in Pathophysiology1

Professor

  • Adin, Christopher A.
  • Bolser, Donald Clementz
  • Brown, Mary B.
  • Butcher, Gary D.
  • Case, Joseph Bradly
  • Chebel, Ricardo C.
  • Curtiss, Roy
  • Dinglasan, Rhoel David
  • Estrada, Amara H.
  • Francis-Floyd, Ruth
  • Freeman, David E.
  • Galvao, Klibs Neblan
  • Hernandez, Jorge A.
  • Hill, Richard C.
  • Isaza, Ramiro
  • Johnson, Richard D.
  • Kariyawasam, Subhashinie
  • Kim, Stanley E.
  • Marsella, Rosanna
  • McFarlane, Dianne
  • Mergia, Ayalew
  • Milner, Rowan J.
  • Mohammed, Sulma
  • Moore, Julie M.
  • Plummer, Caryn E.
  • Robishaw, Janet
  • Sanchez, Linda C.
  • Stern, Adam Wayne
  • Vite, Charles H.
  • Vulpe, Christopher Dillon
  • Wellehan, James F.
  • Yamamoto, Janet K.
  • Zhou, Liang

Associate Professor

  • Bechtel, Sandra Marie
  • Biedrzycki, Adam Henry
  • Bisinotto, Rafael Sisconeto
  • Bowden, John A.
  • Gilor, Chen
  • Heard, Darryl J.
  • Nguyen, Cuong
  • Portela, Diego Angel
  • Rodrigues Hoffmann, Aline
  • Santoro, Domenico
  • Tuanyok, Apichai
  • Walden, Heather D.

Assistant Professor

  • Allison, Andrew J.
  • Bertran, Judit
  • Bowie, Michael V.
  • Eshraghi, Aria
  • Harris, Autumn Nourse
  • Jabur Bittar, Joao Henrique
  • Kim, Jong Hyuk
  • Lee, Che Yu
  • Maxwell, Elizabeth A.
  • Monteiro, Pedro Leopoldo Jeronimo
  • Moore, Bret A.
  • Paiva Moreno Goncalves, Ronald
  • Schachner, Emma
  • Scheuermann, Logan Michael
  • Seven, Yasin Baris
  • Stevenson Salinas, Valentina Beatriz
  • Takada, Marilia

Research Associate Professor

  • Sahay, Bikash
  • Stuchal, Leah D.
  • Subramaniam, Kuttichantran
  • Wang, Shifeng

Clinical Assistant Professor

  • Aherne, Michael
  • Campos Krauer, Juan Manuel
  • Denagamage, Thomas N.
  • Garcia, Lawrence N.
  • Johnson, Alanna L.
  • Lanier, Christopher J.
  • Martinez, Paoul Sean
  • Miscioscia, Erin L.
  • Pellissery, Abraham Joseph
  • Williams, Rachel W.

Assistant Scientist

  • Nance, Rebecca L.

Distinguished Professor

  • Davenport, Paul W.
  • Levy, Julie K.

Clinical Associate Professor

  • Alexander, Amanda B.
  • Buckley, Gareth J.
  • Carrera-Justiz, Sheila C.
  • Chiavaccini, Ludovica
  • Cooke, Kirsten L.
  • Crawford, Patti C.
  • Dark, Michael James
  • Ham, Kathleen Marie
  • Hawkins, Ian K.
  • Johnson, Matthew D.
  • Kelleman, Audrey A.
  • Maunsell, Fiona P.
  • Ossiboff, Robert J.
  • Porter, Erin G.
  • Romano, Marta
  • Stacy, Nicole Indra
  • Vilar Saavedra, Paulo
  • Walsh, Michael T.
  • Winter, Matthew D.

Clinical Professor

  • Adin, Darcy Brittain
  • Farina, Lisa Lee
  • House, Amanda M.
  • Morton, Alison J.
  • Shmalberg, Justin William
  • Sleeper, Margaret Mary
  • Specht, Andrew J.
  • Zimmel, Dana N.

Research Assistant Professor

  • Swain, Banikalyan

Senior Lecturer

  • Larkin, Iskande V.

Affiliated Faculty

  • Aguirre, Jose I.
    Associate Professor
  • Baker, Tracie R.
    Associate Professor
  • Bauck, Anje G.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Byrd, Jason H.
    Clinical Professor
  • Campbell Thompson, Martha
    Research Professor
  • Chapman, Frank A.
    Associate Professor
  • Cooke, Paul S.
    Professor
  • Cummings, Derek Adam
    Professor
  • Debiazi Zomer, Helena
    Research Assistant Professor
  • DeNotta, Sally Anne Lenore
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Fatica III, Lawrence Martin
    Lecturer
  • Fox, Stacey A.
    Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Fuller, David
    Professor
  • Gallastegui Menoyo, Aitor
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Hansen, Peter J.
    Distinguished Professor
  • Holbrook, Todd Chadwell
    Clinical Professor
  • Jobin, Christian Bernard
    Distinguished Professor
  • Martyniuk, Christopher
    Professor
  • Martynyuk, Anatoly Eugeny
    Research Professor
  • Mickle, Aaron
    Assistant Professor
  • Rathore, Mobeen H.
    Professor
  • Reznikov, Leah R.
    Associate Professor
  • Stone, Amy E.
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Tevosian, Sergei G.
    Associate Professor
  • Vilaplana Grosso, Federico Rafael
    Clinical Associate Professor
  • Vittor, Amy Yomiko
    Assistant Professor
  • Weisbrod, Tatiana
    Clinical Assistant Professor