The Clinical DVM Resident, Laboratory Animal Medicine Resident will have research training and experience sufficient to give them a working knowledge of how biomedical research operates and thereby 'demystify' the research and publication process. They will familiarize themselves with specific research projects and the research culture at WF School of Medicine, providing research opportunities and mentorship for writing a first-author research paper, beginning as soon as possible in the training process to meet the publication requirement for the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. The residency program is designed as a two-year period of professional service training, with longer periods negotiable. A 'Professional Service Mentor' is assigned to each resident upon arrival, and upon satisfactory performance, eligible residents may enter into the T32 research fellowship. The program aims to provide an environment, caseload, and training to enable the trainee to become a competent laboratory animal veterinarian, with the expectation that they will be qualified to sit for the ACLAM Specialty Certification Examination.