Comparative Biomedical Research Training for Veterinarians

项目摘要/摘要 国家严重缺乏受过博士培训的兽医科学家，他们可以提供他们独特的 生物医学研究方面的专业知识得到认可。美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)和国家研究 委员会承认，兽医是训练有素的保健专业人员，他们具有独特的资质。 领导生物医学研究，在整个有机体的背景下了解疾病。这个 德克萨斯农工兽医学院(TAMU CVM)T32培训项目是一个为期三年的博士后培训项目 培训计划，目的是为兽医提供前沿生物医学研究方面的博士培训 解决国家对这一专门知识的需求。此次续订建立在之前两次成功续订的基础上 2010-2014年和2015-2020年项目期间，由Ann Kier博士担任主任，他将担任顾问 担任PD(阿尔伯特·穆伦加)和这次更新，并在学生会任职。TAMU云服务器T32将 招募优秀的实习生和销售经理。在以前的预算期间，受训人员是在完成培训后招聘的 他们在TAMU CVM或其他不同专业学校的DVM驻留计划，并已通过他们的 专业板。在实习计划期间，表示希望加入T32的潜在实习生 计划被建议参加与博士培训相关的课程。通过这种方式，学员将专注于 在三年内进行论文研究并完成博士学位要求，即 在T32资金的支持下。如果实习生不符合博士毕业要求， 三年的T32支持，导师会提供支持。在两个项目期间，该方案招募了 14名DVM进入研究生院。在14名实习生中，8人毕业于博士学位，7人参加了 受雇于生物医学研究，一个是临时的私人执业，一个是按计划完成她的工作 博士学位，还有五人仍在接受培训。五名学员中的一名将于2020年春季完成培训。五个人中，有一个 实习生将于2020年春季毕业，其余学员将在此次续签期间毕业： 第一年一名实习生，第二年两名，第三年一名。 NIH已经认识到这样一个事实，尽管兽医课程类似于医学院 训练，它提供了额外的好处，在正常的解剖学/生理学和 疾病状态异常，为生物医学疾病查询提供了良好的基础。这次专门的培训 独一无二地为兽医研究人员做好准备，为人类建模的生物医学研究做出贡献 使用实验动物模型的病理生理学。美国国立卫生研究院医学研究路线图旨在开放 为解决尚未了解的疾病的多因素原因提供新的机会，特别是那些 与更长寿、老龄化的人口相关，包括心脏病、肥胖症、糖尿病、 自身免疫力，以及对传染病的易感性增加。他们训练装备的可比性 有洞察力和专业知识进行临床研究的兽医。

Project Summary/Abstract The critical national shortage of veterinary scientists with PhD training who can provide their unique expertise in biomedical research recognized. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Research Council have recognized that veterinarians are broadly trained health professionals who are uniquely qualified to lead biomedical research, having an understanding of disease in the context of the whole organism. The Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine (TAMU CVM) T32 training program is a three-year post-doctoral training program with the objective of providing PhD training to veterinarians in cutting edge biomedical research approaches and address the national need for this expertise. This renewal builds upon two previous successful project periods, 2010-2014 and 2015-2020, under the directorship of Dr. Ann Kier, who will assume an Advisor role to the PD (Albert Mulenga) and this renewal and serve on student committees. The TAMU CVM T32 will recruit outstanding trainees DVMS. In previous budget periods, trainees were recruited after they had completed their DVM residency program at the TAMU CVM or other schools in different specialties and had passed their specialty boards. During the residency program, prospective trainees with expressed desire to join the T32 program are advised to take relevant coursework pertinent to the PhD training. In this way, trainees will focus on conducting their dissertation research and complete PhD degree requirement within the three years that is supported under T32 funding. In the event that the trainee does not meet requirement for PhD graduation during the three-year T32 support, the mentor will provide support. During the two project periods, the program recruited 14 DVMs into graduate school. Of the 14 trainees, eight have graduated with their PhDs and seven have taken employment in biomedical research, one is in a temporary private practice, one is on schedule to complete her PhD, and five are still in training. Of the five; one trainee on track to finish in spring of 2020. Of the five, one trainee is on track to finish in spring of 2020 and the remaining are scheduled to graduate during this renewal: one trainee in year one of this renewal, and two in year two, and one in year 3. The NIH has recognized the fact that although the veterinary curriculum is analogous to medical school training, it provides an added benefit, the comparative nature of training in normal anatomy/physiology and abnormal disease states, providing an excellent basis for biomedical disease inquiry. This specialized training uniquely prepares veterinarian researchers to contribute to biomedical research in the modeling of human pathophysiology using laboratory animal models. The NIH Roadmap for Medical Research is designed to open up new opportunities to tackle the multifactorial causes of diseases not yet understood, particularly those associated with a longer lived, aging population, including heart disease, obesity, diabetes mellitus, autoimmunity, and increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. The comparative nature of their training equips veterinarians with insight and expertise to conduct clinical research.