College of Veterinary Medicine

Comparative Pathobiology

Department of Comparative Pathobiology (CPB)


Improving the Health of Humans and Animals

Welcome to the Department of Comparative Pathobiology
Comparative Pathobiology is the study of disease phenomena basic to all species including humans, at the molecular, cellular, organismal and ecosystem level. Our faculty, staff and students are involved in research and learning in a variety of areas including pathobiology, infectious diseases and vaccines, cancer biology, nanomedicine, toxicology, animal welfare, disease surveillance, and human-animal interactions.
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Dr. John Christian retires, congratulations!

Dr. John Christian retires, congratulations!

 Dr. John Christian receives the Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award

Dr. John Christian receives the Zoetis Distinguished Teacher Award

 Dr. John Christian receives a Paws Up from the Wellness Committee

Dr. John Christian receives a Paws Up from the Wellness Committee

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Current Graduate Programs offered by the Comparative Pathobiology Department

The Department of Comparative Pathobiology in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Purdue University, offers graduate instruction leading to the Master of Science (MS) or Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees to persons possessing the DVM degree and to those with a baccalaureate degree and comprehensive training in the biological sciences.  Areas of study include animal welfare science and human-animal interaction, cancer biology, infectious diseases, bacteriology, epidemiology, immunology, laboratory and experimental medicine, parasitology, pathology, public health, toxicology, virology, and molecular genetics.

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Uma Aryal

Uma Aryal

Research Associate Professor
His research goal is to obtain mechanistic view of cellular pathways and processes using systems-level knowledge. Uma has published more than 30 peer reviewed research and review articles. At the Bindley, Dr. Aryal continues working with other researchers at the interface between biology and proteomics, and is interested to develop new MS-based tools to discover new protein complexes, and protein-protein interactions.

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Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

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