Summer Veterinary Student Research Fellows at Wake Forest University

项目摘要 我们请求继续支持维克森林学院的5个夏季兽医研究奖学金。 医学，作为比较医学和生物医学研究多层次培训计划的一部分。我们 较小的培训计划是一个有影响力的和独特的机会，让学生看到DVM作为研究 科学家在医学院的环境。学生还将获得接触使用NHP和其他 动物作为人类健康的转化模型。国家生物医学兽医科学家短缺 兽医研究职位空缺和合作需求未得到满足的情况有据可查。 这一短缺导致研究成果的质量下降， 研究人员使用动物。纠正兽医研究人员的缺乏需要兽医教育 学生关于研究方法和机会，以及他们的专业技能的独特价值。 早期接触研究和兽医毕业后可获得的职业选择的多样性 学校是最有希望的策略。因此，拟议的夏季研究计划旨在揭露 兽医专业学生通过实践经验进行生物医学研究。目标是：（1）提供一个 在维克森林医学院的结构化夏季研究经验（2）教学生在 规划假设驱动研究的基本要素，赠款写作和数据分析（3）提供 在道德和专业精神的培训，在研究和（4）为学生提供经验，在口头和 科学发现的书面报告。培训将主要通过一对一的指导来完成 通过完成由从26个项目中选出的一名高级研究员指导的研究项目， 教师（超过三分之一的导师是兽医）在不同领域，包括病理学，比较医学， 衰老生物学、外科学、生理学/药理学、神经生物学、流变学/免疫学、高血压， 心血管疾病、糖尿病、营养、癌症、辐射对策和生殖健康 医学/妇女健康。学生还将参加一个专门的短期课程，在研究生存 技能，并在比较医学科正在进行的研讨会和期刊俱乐部。学生将写 一份研究建议书和研究结果的最终报告，并鼓励他们提出研究结果。 全国范围内，并公布。该计划将为原创科学思想，道德 反思，并获得关键技能，在一个独特的支持兽医作为独立的设置 研究人员在一个环境中，这是唯一的目的是改善人类健康和促进 转化医学

Project Summary We are requesting continuing support for 5 summer veterinary research fellowships at Wake Forest School of Medicine, as part of a multilevel training program in comparative medicine and biomedical research. Our smaller training program is an impactful and unique opportunity for student to see DVMs as research scientists in a medical school environment. Students will also gain exposure to the use of NHPs and other animals as translational models for human health. The national shortage of veterinary scientists in biomedical research is well documented in terms of vacant veterinary research positions and unmet collaborative needs. This shortage has resulted in deficits in the quality of research findings and lost productivity among researchers using animals. Correcting the dearth of veterinary researchers requires education of veterinary students regarding research methods and opportunities and the unique value of their professional skills. Early exposure to research and the diversity of career options available post-graduation from veterinary school is the most promising strategy. Therefore, the proposed summer research program seeks to expose veterinary students to biomedical research through practical experience. Objectives are (1) To provide a structured summer research experience at Wake Forest School of Medicine; (2) to teach students in the program the basic elements of hypothesis driven research, grant writing, and data analysis; (3) to provide training in ethics and professionalism in research; and (4) to provide the students with experience in oral and written presentation of scientific findings. Training will be principally accomplished by one on one mentoring through completion of a research project guided by a senior researcher chosen from a pool of 26 program faculty (over a third of mentors are veterinarians) in diverse fields including pathology, comparative medicine, biology of aging, surgery, physiology/pharmacology, neurobiology, rheumatology/immunology, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, nutrition, cancer, radiation countermeasures, and reproductive medicine/women’s health. Students will also participate in a dedicated short course in research survival skills, and in ongoing seminars and journal clubs in the Section on Comparative Medicine. Students will write a research proposal and a final report of their findings, and will be encouraged to present their findings nationally and to publish. This program will provide opportunities for original scientific thought, ethical reflection, and acquisition of critical skills, in a setting uniquely supportive of veterinarians as independent researchers within an environment that is singly aimed at improving human health and the promotion of translational medicine.