NCRR Training Grant for Veterinary Students in Research

描述（由申请人提供）： 生物医学研究领域涵盖了大量的科学学科，但其中最关键的是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了解人类和动物的健康和疾病至关重要，并在物理科学和微生物科学以及最终改善人类/动物健康之间提供了重要的联系。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主要是受过医学培训或特定基础科学学科培训的个人。这留下了一个关键的利基空缺：在基础和应用哺乳动物生物学，健康和疾病方面接受培训的个人。最好的培训，以填补这一利基是一个现代兽医。现代兽医学院必须在基础和比较医学方面培养学生，研究生在大多数对生物医学研究至关重要的科学学科方面都有广泛的培训。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方面做得很差，留下了一个关键的利基市场。 该项目的长期目标是增加积极参与基于假设的研究的训练有素的比较医学科学家的人数，以满足未来国家在生物医学研究方面的需求。该项目的具体目标是为选定的兽医学生在职业生涯早期提供生物医学研究方面的出色培训，并激发对此类研究的终身兴趣。兽医专业的学生在他们的计划的第二年年底将被选中花一整年的研究培训与选定的教师谁拥有资金充足，积极的研究计划。今年之后，学生将返回专业课程，完成他们的兽医学位。而在研究培训计划的学生将被强烈鼓励使用他们的研究培训对科学学位的硕士，这将有助于保持他们在完成专业兽医课程后研究生研究学位的兴趣。在为期三年的时间里，该计划将贡献九名具有兽医学位的比较医学科学家，他们在以动物为导向的假设研究方面训练有素。

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.