Section of Comparative Medicine

Research

Research in the department is focused on modeling human diseases in laboratory animal models and diagnosing and treating disruptive diseases that can occur in laboratory animals. more...

Education

Training in research is offered at doctoral and postdoctoral levels, while residency training in laboratory animal medicine prepares veterinarians for certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. more...

Services

Service programs provide essential animal care and biotechnology to the Yale research community. They include Genomics, Pathology and Virology services, and technical support for clinical and basic science research. more...

Welcome

Tamas Horvath,
DVM, PhD
Chairman

Welcome to the Section of Comparative Medicine.

Our mission is to understand the mechanisms of disease in animals and apply what we learn in the laboratory to the study of human disease.

We pursue a broad array of research programs, provide animal health services and resources for Yale's laboratories through the Yale Animal Resources Center, and offer a residency and graduate courses in animal medicine.

Because our research requires a wide range of perspectives and expertise, we draw on a faculty of twenty-two veterinarians, physicians and scientists from numerous disciplines.