Veterinary Pathologist

Zoetis Veterinary Medicine Research and Development is seeking a driven, detail-oriented Veterinary Pathologist to join our Global Therapeutics Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences team in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In this collaborative, high-impact role, your expertise will help inform the development of safe and effective animal health products.

We are seeking an anatomic pathologist with strong knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of common veterinary and laboratory animal species; excellent communication skills; and a passion for translational research. You will provide pathology insights and support in vivo model development across laboratory and domestic animal species, including rodent, canine, feline, equine, bovine, small ruminant, swine, poultry, and commercial fish, and across therapeutic areas such as small molecules, biopharmaceuticals, and biologicals, including vaccines.

Key Responsibilities

• Pathology Leadership & Study Oversight Serve as Project Pathologist for assigned compounds and therapeutic areas, providing scientific leadership for pathology activities across internal and outsourced GLP and non-GLP studies. Conduct and/or oversee gross necropsy and histopathology evaluations, integrating clinical pathology, organ weight, and other relevant study data to ensure comprehensive interpretation of findings. Serve as Study Pathologist, contributing scientist author, and peer review pathologist, as appropriate, to ensure scientific rigor, consistency, and high-quality pathology assessments. Lead pathology data interpretation, risk assessment, and translational relevance evaluations, and deliver recommendations that support informed decision-making and candidate progression throughout development.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration Work with toxicologists, target animal safety scientists, clinicians, pharmacokineticists, research scientists, study directors, external study monitors, and project teams to design and interpret in vivo studies and communicate findings. Support the integration of pathology data into regulatory submissions, safety narratives, and agency responses, and promote consistent interpretation across internal and external partners.
• Pharmacovigilance Case Assessment Provide expert pathology evaluations for pharmacovigilance activities, including safety-signal assessment and adverse-event investigations, supporting the ongoing monitoring of marketed products and animal health and welfare.
• Innovative Research & Translational Science Apply comparative pathobiology to support target validation, animal-model development, and non-animal alternatives. Contribute to mode-of-action studies and experimental design, bridging preclinical findings with clinical relevance to improve candidate quality.
• Regulatory Strategy

  About Zoetis
  
  At Zoetis, our purpose is to nurture the world and humankind by advancing care for animals. As a Fortune 500 company and the world leader in animal health, we discover, develop, manufacture and commercialize vaccines, medicines, diagnostics and other technologies for companion animals and livestock. We know our people drive our success. Our award-winning culture, built around our Core Beliefs, focuses on our colleagues' careers, connection and support. We offer competitive healthcare and retirement savings benefits, along with an array of benefits, policies and programs to support employee well-being in every sense, from health and financial wellness to family and lifestyle resources.

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