Translational Research Workforce Training: Leveraging the Veterinary Specialist

好了！ 项目总结 人类健康的进步依赖于有效的疾病动物模型。近亲交配或转基因啮齿动物 模型可以回答有关疾病发病机制的重要问题，并测试有希望的治疗方法，但可以 有时无法预测人类的疾病反应。 在同伴和其他家养动物中自发发生的疾病可以补充使用 为了解人类疾病，特别是那些涉及复杂基因的疾病而设计的实验室模型 特征、疾病修饰基因位点、环境-基因交互作用或慢性疾病进展。 兽医临床医生-科学家在这些自然发生的动物疾病方面拥有专业知识，并有很多工作要做 为致力于解决人类健康问题的跨学科研究团队做出贡献。 这项建议的目的是支持将兽医专家培养成临床医生-科学家。 能够对翻译研究做出富有成效的贡献。该提案概述了3项举措：1) 面向兽医专家的驻院后翻译研究奖学金，用于开展研究 关于人和动物共有的自发性疾病的跨学科团队；2)翻译研究 为早期职业临床教师提供浸入式计划，以提供赠款撰写和指导方面的关键培训，以及 展示跨学科研究合作的成功模式；以及3)召开翻译 为致力于相同疾病的老牌兽医和人类医学研究人员举办的研究峰会， 加快使用自发的动物模型来了解人类疾病。 此翻译研究员工培训计划的长期目标是催化 兽医、基础科学家、医生和其他人员之间的跨学科转化性研究 人类健康专家。这三项计划将提供一个可推广的模式来招募临床 各种背景的专家到CTSA网络内的卓越中心提供沉浸式研究 对临床教师进行培训，然后提供循证指导支持，并将临床医生和 来自各行各业的科学家围绕共同的疾病兴趣展开合作。

! Project summary Advances in human health rely on valid animal models of disease. Inbred or genetically engineered rodent models can answer important questions about disease pathogenesis and test promising therapies, but can sometimes fail to predict disease responses seen in humans. Spontaneously occurring diseases in companion and other domestic animals can complement the use of engineered laboratory models to understand human diseases, especially those that involve complex genetic traits, disease-modifying gene loci, environmental-gene interactions, or chronic disease progression. Veterinary clinician-scientists have expertise in these naturally occurring animal diseases, and have much to contribute to interdisciplinary research teams that are working to solve human health problems. The purpose of this proposal is to support the development of veterinary specialists into clinician-scientists capable of being productive contributors to translational research. This proposal outlines 3 initiatives: 1) targeted post-residency Translational Research Fellowships for veterinary specialists, to perform research with inter-disciplinary teams on spontaneous diseases shared by humans and animals; 2) a Translational Research Immersion Program for early career clinical faculty, to provide key training in grant writing and mentorship, and showcase successful models of interdisciplinary research collaborations; and 3) convene Translational Research Summits for established veterinary and human medical researchers working on the same diseases, to accelerate the use of spontaneous animal models to understand human disease. The long-term goals of this Translational Research Workforce Training proposal are to catalyze interdisciplinary translational research among veterinarians, basic scientists, physicians and other human health professionals. These three initiatives will provide a generalizable model to recruit clinical specialists of all backgrounds to centers of excellence within the CTSA network, provide immersion research training for clinical faculty followed by evidence-based mentoring support, and bring together clinicians and scientists from different walks of life to collaborate around shared disease interests.