Departments and Centers

The Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine has three departments that are responsible for delivery of our DVM, graduate and combined degree curriculums, the function of our various hospitals and clinics, and the research in our clinical and basic science research programs.

Department of Biomedical Sciences

The Department of Biomedical Sciences has faculty responsible for large portions of the first and second years of the DVM curriculum, the combined degree programs in Comparative Biomedical Sciences and Laboratory Animal Medicine, the Cummings School PhD program, and the anatomic and clinical pathology programs.

Department of Clinical Sciences

The Department of Clinical Sciences has faculty responsible for courses in the second and third years of the DVM program, and clinical teaching in the Foster Hospital for Small Animals and Hospital for Large Animals. All clinical sections within our hospitals are within the Clinical Sciences department. The department is also home to the ACE and REVEAL programs.

Department of Environmental and Population Health

The Department of Environmental and Population Health has faculty who teach in all years of the DVM curriculum, and is responsible for such diverse courses as Public Health, Biostatistics and Epidemiology and Economics and Financial Literacy. The department also is home to the faculty in the Bernice Barbour Wildlife Clinic and the Tufts Ambulatory Service. In addition, the International Veterinary Medicine program and the Wildlife program are within Department of Environmental and Population Health. The department houses two centers—the Center for Animals and Public Policy, and the Center for Conservation Medicine.