RESEARCH VETERINARY MEDICAL OFFICER

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity. The duties may include, but are not limited to: Identify, propose, and perform independent and collaborative research to achieve the research objectives best. Provide unique leadership and research skills to contribute to the identification, description, and characterization of the effects of foreign animal diseases in livestock. Develop molecular, clinical, and immunology techniques to understand virus-host interaction. Develop methods or therapies to minimize or avoid infection and disease. Organize research, establishing research priorities, furnishing leadership in planning research projects. Supervise the execution of research, review research in progress, evaluate completed research, lead discussions on the interpretation of results, and report and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals th