Assistant or Associate Professor in Comparative Anatomic Pathology

**Position Title / Rank**:**TT Assistant or Associate Professor in Comparative Anatomic Pathology (Laboratory Animal Pathology)**
**Department**:Pathobiology**:
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**Position Description**:
This position includes significant teaching and diagnostic responsibilities, and, as such, the successful applicant will need to have strong skills in diagnostic anatomic pathology, including laboratory animal pathology and need to be an effective teacher in various aspects of anatomic pathology including laboratory animal pathology, including in rounds, small seminars, traditional lectures, and laboratories at the DVM/BSc and graduate levels. In addition, the successful applicant will supervise and contribute to the applied pathology training of graduate students in the domestic animal diagnostic pathology service of the Department of Pathobiology, as well as the laboratory/research animal caseload.

The nine anatomic pathology faculty (including 3 comparative anatomic pathology positions) in the Department of Pathobiology and 9-12 anatomic pathology trainees enjoy a close relationship with clinical pathologists and trainees and have lively and stimulating case discussions in our large, shared microscope room. Diagnostic investigations are conducted in close collaboration with the AHL, a full-service AAVLD-accredited diagnostic laboratory. The AHL has a team of ten ACVP board-certified anatomic pathologists, and a histology laboratory that serves both the AHL and Department of Pathobiology.

The Department of Pathobiology has recognized strengths in anatomic, clinical, and comparative pathology, immunology, oncology, microbiology, and veterinary infectious diseases. The Department, together with the AHL, has a 13,000 square metre building housing well-equipped modern research and diagnostic laboratories. The College has a large veterinary teaching hospital (Health Sciences Centre), the Animal Cancer Centre and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses. In addition, researchers have access to nearby research stations suitable for conducting studies in a variety of domestic animals, on-campus housing for laboratory and production animals, including a level-2 animal isolation facility with capacity for laboratory animals and large animals. Members of the department have strong collaborations with nearby research centres associated with Universities in Toronto, Hamilton, and London Ontario that utilize laboratory animal species. For more information on the department please visit: Department of Pathobiology.

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The University of Guelph is the third largest employer in Guelph, a city of over 144,000 people, located about an hour drive west of Toronto, Ontario. University of Guelph is a top-ranked comprehensive university in Canada with an enrolment of more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students across more than 40 academic units. The University is known for its commitment to student learning, innovative research, and collaboration with world-class partners. It is a unique place, with transformative research and teaching and a distinctive campus culture. People who learn and work here are shaped and inspired by a shared purpose: To Improve Life. Reflecting that shared purpose in every experience connected to our university positions us to create positive change, here and around the world. Our University community shares a profound sense of social responsibility, a drive for international development, and an obligation to address global issues. The 2025 QS World University Rankings place the University of Guelph in the top third of the 1500 institutions ranked worldwide. The Ontario Veterinary College remains #1 in Canada, top 5 in North America, and among the top 10 veterinary schools globally. Join a dynamic, innovative community driving world-class research, education and impact.

**Application Process**:
(1) a cover letter

(2) a curriculum vitae

(3) a teaching dossier (maximum two pages)

(4) a summary of future research plans (maximum two pages)

(5) a one-page statement outlining the applicant's understanding and commitment to developing an equitable, diverse, and inclusive research and teaching environment

(6) names and contact information of three references

**Date Posted**: 03/12/2025

This position is represented by the University of Guelph Faculty Association (UGFA).

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