UC Davis DVM/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 DVM/博士医学科学家培训计划

• 批准号: 10204049
• 负责人: Xinbin Chen
• 金额: $ 24.02万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10204049
• 关键词: Doctor of Philosophy; Medical; Scientist; Training Programs

Project Summary/Abstract A clear need to train and retain veterinary physician scientists is outlined by several National Research Council reports in 2004, 2005 and 2013 and by the National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Report in 2014. Recruitment and retention of highly qualified biomedical scientists, especially clinician-scientists with the DVM degree continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing not only the broader research community, but specifically academic veterinary programs around the country. In response, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine initiated the Veterinary Scientist Training Program (VSTP) in 2000 with the first class of VSTP students matriculated in August 2001, which has become the second continuing program in the nation. To date, 30 graduates have completed the VSTP program with dual DVM/PhD. Currently, the VSTP program has 17 students and admitted 3 students to the class entering in 2019. Fourteen of our graduates have gone on to leadership careers in academia, government agencies, and industry. 12 recent graduates are still at the early stage of their post-DVM residency and/or postdoctoral training. Only four graduates (13.3%) have chosen to become small animal practitioners, but one of them has indicated to return to academia. Thus, the percentage of our VSTP graduates who are using their research training is more than 80%. Our mission is to prepare our students with dual DVM-PhD degrees to become compassionate and exceptional veterinarian- scientists engaged in basic and translational research to advance the health of people, animals, and environment. The goal of our VSTP program is to provide an outstanding environment for both clinical and biomedical research training at the nation's top-ranked School of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences along with the University's internationally-recognized strong programs in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Human Medicine. Most of our training faculty participate in established Centers and Institutes that promote collaborations and employ diverse evidence-based approaches to solving scientific problems through state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs and campus shared facilities. Our VSTP program hosts a number of student-centered activities, some of which are jointly organized with our medical school MD/PhD program, to create a unique learning environment in comparative medicine. Our students are an integral part of this dynamic environment and promote the excellence of the program through their research, outreach and student mentoring. Our objectives and intended outcomes for this T32 training grant are to: 1) prepare all of our trainees to become future leaders in academia, government service and public health, 2) provide greater exposure to career paths outside academia, 3) maintain the average time (8 years) to degree, 4) attract and train a diverse group of dual degree students, and 5) increase the number of dual degree trainees in training at UC Davis from 17 to 24.

项目概要/摘要 几个国家研究委员会概述了培训和留住兽医科学家的明确需求 2004 年、2005 年和 2013 年的报告以及美国国立卫生研究院医师科学家劳动力报告 2014 年。招募和保留高素质生物医学科学家，特别是具有以下能力的临床科学家 DVM 学位仍然是最具挑战性的问题之一，不仅面临更广泛的研究 社区，特别是全国各地的学术兽医项目。对此，加州大学戴维斯分校学校 兽医学部于 2000 年启动了兽医科学家培训计划（VSTP），并培养了第一批 VSTP 学生于 2001 年 8 月入学，成为全国第二个继续教育项目。 迄今为止，已有 30 名毕业生完成了 VSTP 课程，获得双 DVM/PhD。目前，VSTP 计划 现有学生17人，2019年新生录取3人，已毕业14人 进入学术界、政府机构和工业界的领导职业生涯。 12名应届毕业生仍在该校工作 DVM 后住院医师实习和/或博士后培训的早期阶段。只有四名毕业生（13.3%）选择了 成为小动物从业者，但其中一位已表示重返学术界。因此， 我们的 VSTP 毕业生中接受研究培训的比例超过 80%。我们的使命是 帮助我们的学生获得 DVM-PhD 双学位，成为富有同情心和出色的兽医 - 从事基础和转化研究以促进人类、动物和人类健康的科学家 环境。我们 VSTP 计划的目标是为临床和临床研究提供卓越的环境。 在全国一流的兽医学院和学院进行生物医学研究培训 农业和环境科学以及大学国际认可的强大课程 生物科学、生物医学工程和人类医学。我们的大部分培训教师都参加 在已建立的中心和研究所中促进合作并采用多种基于证据的 通过各个实验室和校园中最先进的设备解决科学问题的方法 共享设施。我们的 VSTP 项目举办了许多以学生为中心的活动，其中一些是联合举办的 与我们医学院的医学博士/博士项目一起组织，在比较中创造一个独特的学习环境 药品。我们的学生是这个充满活力的环境中不可或缺的一部分，并促进了卓越的发展 通过他们的研究、外展和学生指导来制定计划。我们的目标和预期成果 T32 培训补助金旨在： 1) 帮助我们所有的学员成为未来学术界、政府的领导者 服务和公共卫生，2) 提供更多接触学术界以外的职业道路的机会，3) 维持 获得学位的平均时间（8 年），4) 吸引和培养多元化的双学位学生群体，以及 5) 增加 加州大学戴维斯分校接受培训的双学位学员人数从 17 人增至 24 人。