Mystic Aquarium

Please join us for the 2012  Ridgway Research Seminar Series

The Department of Research and Veterinary Services is responsible for conducting research in many aspects of marine animal health. This is accomplished through detailed analysis of specimens, data records and a combination of field and in-house research projects that focus on neuro-immunology, infectious diseases and nutrition.

With the assistance of both external and in-house funding, the Department of Animal Care of Mystic Aquarium, a division of Sea Research Foundation, is sponsoring a one-year Veterinary Internship in Aquatic Animal Medicine and Research. Applicants for the internship should be graduates of an AVMA accredited veterinary college or ECFVG certified. All applicants should have successfully passed the NAVLE. Preference will be given to applicants with graduate degrees and/or postgraduate clinical experience in a practice or internship setting. Entry level familiarity with ultrasound, radiology, and endoscopy systems is expected. The stipend for the position is expected to be $26,000 per annum plus benefits.

Since its inception in the mid 1970's, the veterinary externship program offered by the Department of Research and Veterinary Services (RAVS) at Mystic Aquarium has welcomed scores of veterinary students and veterinarians from institutions worldwide. Our current veterinary externships are available to qualified veterinary students or graduate veterinarians with an interest in aquatic animal medicine. Veterinary externships are clinically-focused, and externs are required to complete a literature review or research project during the externship, the results of which are presented in lecture format to our staff.