Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in Veterinary Public Health

Senior Clinical Training Scholarship in Veterinary Public Health

Applications are invited from veterinary graduates to undertake a three-year residency programme in Veterinary Public Health. The successful candidate will receive training in all aspects of veterinary epidemiology, including theoretical and practical aspects of epidemiological and statistical methods and their application to the study of animal disease and their control. The resident will undertake the well established MSc in Veterinary Epidemiology provided jointly by the RVC, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, DEFRA and the VLA during the first two years of the programme. At the end of the training programme, the resident will be eligible to sit the exam for the Diploma of the European College of Veterinary Public Health (www.ecvph.org).

The residency is jointly conducted at the RVC, DEFRA and the VLA. The resident will spend time at each organisation and conduct collaborative research. The resident will be involved in small group teaching, seminars, research and epidemiological support.

The tax-free stipends for Senior Scholarships start at £ 14,902, increasing by annual increments to

£16,222 and are continued subject to satisfactory annual assessment.

For informal inquiries, please contact Prof. Katharina Stärk on 01707 666 333 ext 6025, kstaerk@rvc.ac.uk.

Closing date: 12^th March 2009
It is anticipated interviews will be held on 31^st March 2009

For an application form and further details of this scholarship, please visit: www.rvc.ac.uk/cts or email: jobs@rvc.ac.uk quoting ref: SCTS/VPH/09

Please note Short-listed candidates will normally be notified at least one week before the interview date.