Transcript Public Practice Opportunities for Veterinarians

Public Practice
Opportunities for
Veterinarians
Julia M. Murphy, DVM, MS, DACVPM
State Public Health Veterinarian
Opportunities-Federal
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www.usda.gov
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Search under “USDA Employee Services” for
job opportunity information
Search under “Agencies and Offices” to
access information about APHIS, FSIS, ARS,
etc.,
APHIS
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The Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) is responsible for
protecting and promoting U.S. agricultural
health, administering the Animal Welfare
Act, and carrying out wildlife damage
management activities.
APHIS-specific jobs
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Epidemiologists
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Disease Monitoring
Disease Surveillance
Emerging issues/disease monitoring
Emergency Response Coordinators
Regulatory Medicine (trade, AWA)
Wildlife Services
FSIS
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The Food Safety Inspection Service
enhances public health and well-being by
protecting the public from foodborne
illness and ensuring that the nation's
meat, poultry and egg products are safe,
wholesome, and correctly packaged.
FSIS-specific jobs
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Meat and poultry inspection
Design/revise inspection systems
Assess state inspection systems
Epidemiology
Food safety education
ARS
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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
works to ensure that Americans have
reliable, adequate supplies of high-quality
food and other agricultural products. ARS
accomplishes its goals through scientific
discoveries that help solve problems in
crop and livestock production and
protection, human nutrition, and the
interaction of agriculture and the
environment.
ARS-specific jobs
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Research/Basic Science
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Parasitic diseases of livestock
Animal genetics
Food safety and enteric diseases
Virus and prion disease of livestock
Vaccine research
USDA-student opportunities
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Student Opportunities, Internships &
Scholarships
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www.da.usda.gov/employ/intern.htm
Opportunities for graduate students as well as
professional level applicants
Opportunities-Federal
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www.hhs.gov
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Select “About HHS” and then scroll down to
“Agencies in HHS”
CDC, FDA, NIH and other websites accessed
from there
FDA-CVM
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Food and Drug Administration’s Center
for Veterinary Medicine
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evaluation, approval and surveillance of
animal drugs, food additives, feed ingredients,
and marketed animal devices
works to increase availability of safe and
effective products that relieve animal pain,
sustain their health, and improve animal
productivity without compromising public
health.
FDA-CVM-specific jobs
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Pharmacology
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Development and testing of new animal drugs
Antimicrobial resistance/residues monitoring
Toxicology
Aquaculture research
Lab animal medicine
Summer internships
CDC
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency
for protecting the health and safety of
people…providing credible information to
enhance health decisions, and promoting
health... CDC serves as the national focus for
developing and applying disease prevention and
control, environmental health, and health
promotion and education activities designed to
improve the health of the people of the United
States.
CDC-specific jobs
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Epidemiologists
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Epidemic Intelligence Service
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Zoonotic disease
Foodborne disease
Environmental Health Hazards
www.cdc.gov/eis/applyeis/applyeis.htm
Emergency Response
Health Education
Internship opportunities
NIH
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National Institutes of Health
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NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral
research for the Nation. Its mission is science
in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the
nature and behavior of living systems and the
application of that knowledge to extend
healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness
and disability.
NIH-specific jobs
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Basic medical research
Behavioral research
Lab animal medicine
www.training.nih.gov
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Details research and training opportunities at
various levels
Opportunities-Federal
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Military
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Army Veterinary Corps
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Serves all branches of military
Food safety, research, military animals and pets of
those in the military
Air Force
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Public health officers, research
Opportunities-Federal
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Federal employment and training sites:
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www.usajobs.opm.gov
www.studentjobs.gov
www.hhs.gov/careers/student/index.html
www.cdc.gov/employment/studentjobs.htm
Opportunities-State
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State departments of health
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Public Health DVMs
Epidemiologists
Environmental Health
Toxicology
Opportunities-State
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State departments of agriculture
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Laboratorians/pathologists
Regulatory medicine
Emergency preparedness
Opportunities-State
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State departments of game/wildlife
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Wildlife veterinarians
Conservation/wildlife management
Wildlife disease monitoring
Opportunities-State
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Veterinary schools
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Teaching
Research
Clinical
Extension
Opportunities-Local
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Animal welfare
Animal control
Health directors
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Local health districts
Some states
Environmental health specialists
Opportunities-Other
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National Veterinary Response Teams
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www.hhs.gov/aspr/opeo/ndms/teams/index.html
Teams of DVMs, LVTs, and others who are
deployed as FEMA employees to address
veterinary needs during emergencies
Natural disasters, disease outbreaks
State Animal Response Teams
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www.virginiasart.org/
www.sartusa.org/
Veterinary Oath
Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I
solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills
for the benefit of society through the protection of animal
health, the relief of animal suffering, the conservation of
livestock resources, the promotion of public health, and the
advancement of medical knowledge.
I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity
and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical
ethics.
I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement
of my professional knowledge and competence.
Past Pertinent History-Me
1992 Graduated from VMRCVM
 1992-95
Private practice
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Large animal ambulatory, Virginia
Dairy, Pennsylvania
1995-98
MS and PM Residency
 1999 ACVPM boarded
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2002-present
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1998-2002 Private practice
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Relief work
2002
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Virginia Department of
Health
Foodborne disease epidemiologist
Zoonotic disease
Veterinary Epidemiologist
 State Public Health Veterinarian
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Government Work
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“A survey says that American workers
work the first three hours every day
just to pay their taxes. So that's why
we can't get anything done in the
morning: We're government
workers.”
Jay Leno
Take 2
Government Work
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“Everybody can be great, because
everybody can serve."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Questions?
julia.murphy@
vdh.virginia.gov
804-864-8113
catherine.mcmanus@
vdh.virginia.gov
804-864-8133