{"id":362,"date":"2024-10-10T16:23:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T16:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:08:11","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"ecosystem-home-hero ecosystem-home-hero--featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ecosystem-home-hero__media\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2002\" height=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Pathology Student Lab - students examining specimen\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero.jpg 2002w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero-1024x545.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/pathlab8-home-hero-1536x817.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2002px) 100vw, 2002px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ecosystem-home-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"ecosystem-home-hero__title\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAbout\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--callout-with-image\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__media\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1999\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Veterinary students examining specimen in pathology lab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-1024x799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-1536x1199.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/PathLab-20220427_vet_med155A-feature-small-2048x1599.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__content text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Departmental Mission and Expertise Focus<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Veterinary pathology provides a critical link between the basic and clinical sciences. Our faculty fill essential roles in teaching veterinary and graduate students, diagnosis of animal diseases, and scientific research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/veterinary-pathology-departmental-mission-and-expertise-focus\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDepartmental Mission and Expertise Focus\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--call-to-action--small\">\n\t<div class=\"call-to-action call-to-action--small\">\n\t\t<div class=\"call-to-action__copy-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<h2\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"call-to-action__headline\">Seminars<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Department of Veterinary Pathology Resident\/Graduate Student Seminars and Rounds<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"iastate22-button-set\">\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/seminars\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSeminars<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--callout-with-image\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-with-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__media\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1615\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Gentle Doctor courtyard main entrance to the College.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-1536x969.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-content\/uploads\/GD-Plaza-20180904_vetmed214-feature-small-2048x1292.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-with-image__content text-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Map and Directions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>The Veterinary Pathology department can be accessed through the main entrance at the Gentle Doctor courtyard. Once in this main entrance, college personnel can assist you in finding the department or a specific person within the department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"link-set\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"link-set__link iastate22-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/map-and-directions\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMap and Directions\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"arrow\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-362","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About - Veterinary Pathology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About - Veterinary Pathology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Veterinary Pathology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-23T21:08:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/about\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/about\\\/\",\"name\":\"About - Veterinary Pathology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-10T16:23:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-23T21:08:11+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/about\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/about\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/about\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"About\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/\",\"name\":\"Veterinary Pathology\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vetmed.iastate.edu\\\/vpath\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"About - Veterinary Pathology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"About - Veterinary Pathology","og_url":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/","og_site_name":"Veterinary Pathology","article_modified_time":"2026-02-23T21:08:11+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/","url":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/","name":"About - Veterinary Pathology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-10-10T16:23:42+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-23T21:08:11+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/about\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"About"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/","name":"Veterinary Pathology","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":933,"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/362\/revisions\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/vpath\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}