{"id":602,"date":"2015-08-28T14:37:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T14:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/bms-about\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:35:51","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/about\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1257 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/wp-content\/uploads\/who-we-are-20240829_Biomedical0984-card.jpg\" alt=\"BMS faculty discussing samples with researcher\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/wp-content\/uploads\/who-we-are-20240829_Biomedical0984-card.jpg 688w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/wp-content\/uploads\/who-we-are-20240829_Biomedical0984-card-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/wp-content\/uploads\/who-we-are-20240829_Biomedical0984-card-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/>The Department of Biomedical Sciences provides superior education in basic health sciences, including anatomy (both human and veterinary), histology, physiology, pharmacology, cell biology and toxicology. Our courses span the undergraduate, graduate and professional DVM curricula.<\/p>\n<p>BMS faculty engage in <a href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/faculty-and-staff\/research-activities\/\">cutting edge research<\/a> emphasizing a \u201cOne Health\u201d approach that recognizes the interconnection between human and animal health. This approach encompasses both basic science as well as clinical and translational research, and aligns with the wider research mission of the college.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Mission Statement<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>To follow a steady continuous path of improvement, learning, and investigation that leads to knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences and the spread of that knowledge to those in human and animal health supporting the mission of Iowa State University and the College of Veterinary Medicine.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--card-set\">\n\t<div class=\"card-set\">\n\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card iastate22-card--linked-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-card__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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This accelerated, intensive program gives students the tools and knowledge to succeed in professional school (medical, dental, veterinary etc.), graduate school or the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/bms\/future-students\/master-of-science-in-biomedical-sciences\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tApply to One Year MS Program<span\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":876,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-602","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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