Postdoctoral Clinical Training Program

in Laboratory Animal Medicine

Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine

The Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) at the University of Michigan Medical School (UMMS) sponsors a residency training program in laboratory animal medicine.  This 3-year program emphasizes the clinical, pathological, managerial, and administrative aspects of laboratory animal medicine.  It includes a component of research training in comparative medicine, the study of phenomena basic to the disease of all species.  The training program is officially recognized by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM).  Program completion satisfies eligibility requirements for specialty board certification.

ULAM has been training leaders in laboratory animal medicine and comparative medicine research since 1962, having trained approximately 7% of all ACLAM Diplomates.

The UMMS is a large biomedical research institution ranked nationally in the top ten of medical schools in NIH extramural support.   It is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, a culturally and scenically rich university community

The University of Michigan has an extremely wide variety of research projects involving animals, encompassing studies in the Schools of Medicine; Dentistry; Pharmacy; Nursing; Natural Resources; Engineering; Kinesiology; Public Health; Literature, Sciences, and the Arts; and Life Sciences Institute.  The University also has a Cancer Center and a Geriatrics Research Training Center, and Institutes in Gerontology and Neurosciences.  The University of Michigan’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) oversees the administration of over 1,000 animal use protocols held by over 500 Principal Investigators.

The Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine (ULAM) provides veterinary care to all animals used on campus.  All five classes of vertebrates are represented in our daily census of over 150,000 animals. 

Animal facilities total more than 240,000 gross square feet in over 38 buildings including one Animal Biosafety Level-3 (ABSL-3) and six ABSL-2 programs, two biological stations (10,000+ acres), and a University-owned livestock housing facility.