Senior/Research Clinical Veterinarian, NEIDL

The Senior/Research Clinical Veterinarian role supports the Animal Science Center (ASC) at Boston University with primary responsibility to the Animal Research Services (ARS) unit at NEIDL (National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories). The research veterinarian is responsible for clinical and study support for the ABSL-2/-3/-4 animal core at the National Emerging Infectious Disease Laboratories (NEIDL). This includes providing clinical oversight/support for research animal care and use, medicine, disease diagnosis and experimental techniques for PIs doing ABSL-3 and -4 research in the NEIDL. The research clinical veterinarian advises IACUC, ensuring that research activities are compliant with federal, state and local regulatory policies, laws and regulations that are relevant to animal care and welfare. This position reports to the Attending Veterinarian and Director of the Animal Science Center (ASC). As part of the Animal Science Center, the research clinical veterinarian provides clinical and regulatory oversight and technical study support for animals housed for biomedical research at Boston University. This position will be part of the ASC vet on-call program and may be called in to support specific projects that would benefit from veterinary participation outside of the NEIDL.