Terrill

Terrill Hall, named in honor of Bertha M. Terrill who was UVM`s first female faculty, originally housed the Home Economics Department. The Animal Science Department now resides within its walls that are home for both undergraduate and graduate ASCI teaching programs, and is adjacent to the new Davis student center. In addition to various its lecture rooms and support offices, Terrill is home to 8 research laboratories that are principally focused on the area of Lactation and Mammary Gland Biology. In addition to state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs, various pieces of shared equipment are used by students throughout the Department.

Carrigan Wing

The Carrigan Wing was constructed in 2006 to support our programs of research. We have modern research labs equipped with state-of-the-art instrumentation, environmental chambers, pilot plant facilities to support new food product development, cheesemaking, and a test kitchen. Graduate student offices are available in close proximity to research laboratories.

Bailey-Howe Library

The main unit of the University libraries, Bailey/Howe Library (http://library.uvm.edu/), provides services, print, and electronic resources relating to the humanities, social sciences, and many of the sciences. This library houses the largest book, periodical, and map collection in Vermont. It is a depository for U.S. and Canadian government publications, and provides a full-service Patent and Trademark Depository Library. The special Collections Department includes a comprehensive collection of Vermont materials, the Wilbur Collection, rare books, literary and historical manuscripts, and the papers of many individuals associated with the state and federal governments.

Dana Medical Library

The Dana Medical Library (http://library.uvm.edu/dana/) serves the information needs of the Academic Health Center at the University of Vermont. The Academic Health Center is comprised of the faculty, staff and students at UVM`s College of Medicine and the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, as well as the physicians and other health care providers at Fletcher Allen Health Care and any other life sciences faculty at the University. The Library also meets the health sciences information needs of the citizens of the state of Vermont. Located off of a concourse connecting the University and the hospital, the Library has 20,000 square feet housing 45 computer terminals, 1,300 health sciences journals (many available electronically), and approximately 23,000 books covering all major areas of health and medicine.

General Clinical Research Center

The General Clinical Research Center (GCRC; http://www.uvm.edu/~gcrc/) is funded by the National Institutes of Health through the National Center for Research Resources. The objective of the GCRC Program is to provide scientists the infrastructure necessary for the efficient and productive conduct of high quality clinical research. GCRCs strive to provide a conducive environment for studies of normal and abnormal body function and for investigations of the cause, progression, prevention, control, and cure of human disease. Use of the Centers for interdisciplinary, collaborative research and training in medical research is encouraged. GCRCs are available to investigators from all medical specialties and from the basic sciences. The University of Vermont General Clinical Research Center is physically located on the 7th floor of the Baird Building at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT. It supports both Inpatient and Outpatient studies and offers services to investigators in the areas of Administration, Nursing, Nutrition, Laboratory (Biochemistry, Physiology, Imaging Core, and Mass Spectrometry), Biostatistics, Computing, and Pharmacy.

The Vermont Cancer Center

The Vermont Cancer Center (http://www.vermontcancer.org/) is a NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. It offers UVM investigators a wide variety or research support services, including a state-of-the-art Cell Imaging and Microscopy core and a DNA Analysis Core that includes support for microarray, sequencing, flow cytometry, bioinformatics and real-time PCR.

The Vermont Genetics Network

The Vermont Genetics Network (http://www.uvm.edu/~vgn/) is an association of researchers interested in genetics at UVM and various other colleges across Vermont. The Network assists researchers by providing expertise, collaboration, and access to various support services related to genetics research. It also provides research funding opportunities, some of which are available to graduate students. Researchers associated with the VGN also participate in an annual retreat and workshops on relevant genetic topics.

Office of Animal Care Management

The Biomedical Research Animal Facilities at UVM are coordinated through the UVM Office of Animal Care Management (http://www.uvm.edu/~oacm/). A new state-of-the-art AAALAC-approved facility opened in the new Health Sciences Research Facility Building in 2002. This is run by Charles River Laboratories and contains complete Hepa-filtered in and out air supplies to individual bubble chambers. This system has been in use at Charles River for over ten years without a single infection outbreak. The facilities are available to support researchers across a wide assortment of disciplines, from biomedical to agricultural science applications. The University also has a modern transgenic mouse animal facility. All research involving animals is overseen by the University`s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). For more information regarding the University`s policies and procedures regarding the use of animals in research, go to the UVM IACUC Website at http://www.uvm.edu/~iacuc/.

The Paul Miller Research Center

The mission of the Paul Miller Research Center (http://www.uvm.edu/cals/farms/pmiller.htm) is to provide excellence and cost effective facilities for agricultural research, education and to play a key role in the development and promotion of agriculture in Vermont and New England. The Miller Complex supports activities related to dairy research, equine sciences, mammary biology, milk quality, biosecurity and safety. The Miller Research Herd (Jerseys and Holsteins) consists of approximately 150 milking cows and 110 calves and heifers.