NCRR Training Grant for Veterinary Students in Research

描述(由申请人提供)： 生物医学研究领域包含了大量的科学学科，但其中最关键的是对哺乳动物生物学的研究。哺乳动物生物学的科学研究能力对于理解人类和动物的健康和疾病至关重要，并提供了物理和微生物科学之间的关键联系，最终改善了人/动物的健康。从历史上看，参与生物医学研究的哺乳动物生物学方面的人员大多是受过医学培训或受过特定基础科学学科培训的个人。这留下了一个关键的利基市场空缺：接受过基础和应用哺乳动物生物学、健康和疾病培训的个人。填补这一利基市场的最好培训是现代兽医。现代兽医院校必须对学生进行基础医学和比较医学方面的培训，毕业生在对生物医学研究至关重要的大多数科学学科上都有广泛的培训。不幸的是，兽医学院和生物医学研究界在吸引这些人进入研究职业生涯方面做得很差，留下了一个关键的利基市场，基本上没有人填补。该项目的长期目标是增加训练有素的比较医学科学家积极参与基于假设的研究，以满足未来国家在生物医学研究方面的需求。该项目的具体目的是为选定的兽医学生在职业生涯早期提供出色的生物医学研究培训，并激发他们对这类研究的终身兴趣。兽医专业的学生在他们项目的第二年结束时，将被选中花一整年的时间在选定的拥有充足资金的积极研究项目的教职员工那里进行研究培训。今年之后，学生们将回到专业课程完成他们的兽医学位。在研究培训计划中，强烈鼓励学生利用他们一年的研究培训获得理科硕士学位，这将有助于他们在完成专业兽医课程后保持对研究生研究学位的兴趣。在三年的时间里，该计划将贡献9名拥有兽医学位的比较医学科学家，他们在面向动物的、基于假设的研究方面训练有素。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The field of biomedical research encompasses a tremendous scope of scientific disciplines, but one of the most critical is the study of mammalian biology. Capabilities for scientific research in mammalian biology are critical for the understanding of human and animal health and disease, and provide a critical link between physical and microbial sciences and ultimately the improvement of human/animal health. Historically, personnel involved in the mammalian biology aspects of biomedical research have largely been individuals with either medical training or training in a specific basic science discipline. This has left a critical niche unfilled: Individuals trained in basic and applied mammalian biology, health, and disease. The best training to fill this niche is that of a modem veterinarian. Modern veterinary medical colleges necessarily train their students in basic and comparative medicine, and graduate have broad training in most of the scientific disciplines critical to biomedical research. Unfortunately, veterinary colleges and the biomedical research community have done a poor job in attracting these individuals into research careers, leaving a critical niche largely unfilled. The long-term objective of this project is to increase the number of well-trained comparative medical scientists actively participating in hypothesis-based research to address future national needs in biomedical research. The specific aim of this project is to provide excellent training for selected veterinary medical students in biomedical research early in their careers and to stimulate a life-long interest in this type of research. Veterinary medical students at the end of their second year of their program will be selected to spend one full year in research training with selected faculty who have well-funded, active research programs. After this year the students will return to the professional program to complete their veterinary degrees. While in the research training program students will be strongly encouraged to use their year of research training toward a Master of Science degree, which will serve to keep them interested in a graduate research degree after completing the professional veterinary program. Over a three-year period this program will contribute nine comparative medical scientists with veterinary medical degrees who are well trained in animal-oriented, hypothesis-based research.