The primary responsibilities of the position are to engage in clinical diagnostic service in Auburn University's Clinical Pathology Laboratory. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the training and supervision of clinical pathology residents and graduate students, and the clinical training of veterinary students. For this position, there is flexible commitment to teaching and scholarly activities that will vary based on appointment (clinical-track verses tenure-track). Expectations for scholarly activity can range from collaborative work to primary scholarship and should align with the candidate's career goals. Starting salary and appointment will be commensurate with professional and academic credentials and experience. Auburn University maintains the tradition of training practice ready veterinarians and clinical pathologists. Auburn is collectively dedicated to residency training in clinical pathology through communal interactions between faculty and residents with focused resident rounds.

Didactic teaching responsibilities may include participation in the professional veterinary medical curriculum and graduate curriculum. Pedagogy and scholarly activity will be synergistic with the College's research, teaching and clinical service missions.

The duties of this position focus on quality diagnostic service in the Veterinary Clinical Pathology Laboratory. Opportunities for collaborative research exist within the department, college, and university, and scholarly activities involving applied clinical research and pedogogical research are encouraged within the department. University core facilities support advanced microscopy and imaging, laser microdissection, multispectral imaging, and flow cytometry-FACS. Departmental research programs exist in aquatic pathobiology, molecular virology and bacteriology, molecular diagnostics, food safety, pathogen detection, basic and applied immunology, parasitology, platelet pathophysiology, molecular genetics, oncology, pathogenetic mechanisms of infectious diseases, embryo- pathogen interactions, epidemiology, poultry pathology and neuropathology. Additional opportunities for teaching and research collaboration are available within the College of Veterinary Medicine and with faculty from across Auburn University (including the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, College of Science and Mathematics, and Harrison School of Pharmacy).