About Our Services

The Department of Veterinary Biosciences’ core services groups are designed to:

• Manage resources effectively and provide coordinated approaches to core services that assist in the research, education, and service missions;
• Support diagnostic laboratory services to the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, and throughout the University, State of Ohio and nationally;
• Provide valuable case material for teaching veterinary medical students and preparing residents for specialty board certifications;
• Be fiscally responsible by providing clear plans of operation that are academically driven, but budget sensitive;
• Operationally independent, but fully integrated into the missions of the department;
• Be supervised by a faculty director that develops policies of services and collects operational data; and
• Encourage opportunities to improve or expand the state-of-art technology that furthers the research, education, or service missions of the Department

Additional Services and Support

Central glassware preparation and laboratory support services benefit graduate research and teaching programs in the department. They include the following:

• Decontaminating, washing, checking, sterilizing and restocking of glassware and plastic ware
• Inventory and dispensing of laboratory chemicals and controlled drugs
• Sorting and dispensing of laundry, preparation of fixatives
• Maintaining supplies of liquid nitrogen, dry ice, cylinder gases
• Receiving and delivering of supply orders and equipment
• Inventory of capital equipment
• Stocking office materials
• Communicating and expediting building service requests
• Facilitating compliance with OSHA and fire and safety codes
• Monitoring preventive maintenance contracts for shared-use equipment and annual biohazard hood certifications.

A cost-sharing recovery system is associated with the central glassware and laboratory support service.

Other Services

Technical support services

Technical support services include salaried staff positions to support core services for the faculty, including technicians in core service groups and research technicians. Decisions to support research technicians are made by the Chairperson in context to faculty recruitment goals, department needs, and available resources. The Chairperson consults appropriate faculty committees (e.g., Core Service Committee) to determine the best use of departmental supported technical positions.

Administrative and secretarial services

Administrative and secretarial services are accessible to all faculty, staff and graduate students. Human resource staff members provide assistance in payroll, tax information, posting and hiring of faculty and staff positions, and all other matters related to human resource management. Secretarial personnel provide assistance with word processing, faxing, copying, scheduling and other communication assistance. Business office support services provided by the department include the following: processing requisitions for supplies, services and equipment, travel arrangements and reimbursements, and special fiscal reporting services; and personnel actions that include processing monthly appointments, hourly payrolls and benefits.

Department assistance

Department assistance to principal investigators with sponsored research is available. This includes faculty seeking or managing sponsor funded projects, working closely with the Ohio State University Research Foundation (OSURF). Business office support services include the following: processing requisitions for supplies, services and equipment, travel arrangements and reimbursements, fiscal assistance that provides monthly balances on all separately funded research projects, grants or other accounts; budget preparation and special fiscal reporting services; and personnel actions that include processing monthly appointments, hourly payrolls and benefits. Complete information on OSURF and other grants management policies can be found at: http://www1.rf.ohio-state.edu/pag/index.htm