A Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine was established in 1975 under the auspices of the MIT Medical Department to meet legal mandates and federal guidelines for the care and maintenance of laboratory animals . In 1980, the Division was renamed the Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM) to reflect growing involvement in research and teaching. Since 1983, DCM has been a free standing academic unit that reports directly to the Associate Provost and Vice-President for Research. Today DCM employs 175 people and oversees a daily census of 80,000 animals comprising 15 species. Veterinary care and maintenance of animal health are primary missions of the Division. These missions are integrated with diagnostic laboratory services, research funded by NIH and private industry and postdoctoral training in biomedical research.
Senior Staff
Left to right: Dr. Ge, Dr. Fox, Dr. Whary and Dr. Shen.
Dr. Fox in Japan.
Griffin award presented to Dr. Fox by Dr. Christian Newcomer at AALAS, 2008.
Dr. Susan Erdman at a Wound Healing Conference.
Dr. Zeli Shen at an AALAS Conference.
Dr. Zhongming Ge at the DDW meeting of 2015.
Dr. Whary working with Postdoctoral Fellow Mia Lieberman, evaluation of smartphone sanitation methods.
Dr. Mary Patterson, 2016.
Dr. Suresh Muthupalani, 2016.
Dr. Susan Erdman, 2016.
Dr. Zhongming Ge, 2016.
Dr. Susan Erdman, 2016.
Dr. Fox with the Mallory Award, 2009.
Dr. Jennifer Haupt, adjusting the level of anesthesia, 2016.
Left to right: Drs. Jennifer Haupt and Robin Kramer performing an ultrasound on a marmoset.
Dr. Susan Erdman gave her “Microbes and You” talk to school children while in Bermuda as a guest speaker for the TEDxBermuda conference, March 2017.
left to right: Former Colony Manager, Kris Hewes (retired), Admin Lesley Kline, Senior Staff Member, Mary Patterson and Postdoctoral Fellow, Susanna Kurnick (2018)
left to right (front): Robin Kramer and Damo Annamalai, May 2018
PhD exchange student Nianshuang Li from China with mentor Dr. Zhongming Ge, September 2016 - September 2017
left to right: Dr. Whary, Dr. Fox and Nianshuang Li, exchange PhD student from China, September 2017