Qualification: master in veterinary science

Lead teams of pathologists and histotechnicians

Manage these teams and run day to day operation for these areas

Training and mentoring of team members

Plan and prioritize histopathology work to complete within agreed timelines

Perform necropsy, gross pathology, histopathology in rodents and nonrodent toxicology studies

Act as study pathologist for toxicity studies (acute, sub-acute, sub-chronic, chronic, reproduction, juvenile and carcinogenicity studies) in rodents and/or non-rodents.

Prepare and/or review histopathology reports, correlation and discussion of histopathology findings in relation to clinical pathology data and/or in-life parameters

Peer review of toxicity study histopathology slides/data

Provide scientific inputs on matter related to toxicology/toxico-pathology

Lead discovery or similar projects, coordination with stakeholders and completion of task as per agreed timelines    

To prepare and review SEND documents for macroscopic and microscopic domain for toxicity studies

Standardization and/or validation of special staining techniques and including IHC

To participate intra/inter departmental meetings, project review meetings and present/discuss data pertaining to toxicology/toxico-pathology

To write, review and implement SOPs related pathology/histopathology and overall compliance of GLP for the activities related to these areas

To provide administrative support to senior management team/department head

Preparation and review of IB, IND and NDA documents for regulatory submission