Comparative Medicine and Pathology Training

描述（由申请人提供）： 拟议的比较医学和病理学培训计划是一个为期五年的计划，旨在为兽医提供最先进的研究培训。 第一年要求为两名受训人员提供三年支助，第二年至第四年要求为三名受训人员提供支助，第五年要求为五名受训人员提供支助。 预计这些人中的大多数将在进入培训计划之前完成医学，外科或病理学的住院医师。 甄选准则包括 1)在临床培训/住院期间的学历和表现; 2)对研究有浓厚的兴趣，并希望从事兽医学术工作; 3)良好的个人品质，包括正直、毅力和沟通技巧。 该培训项目将设在明尼苏达大学兽医学院。 16名教师导师，分子兽医生物科学（MVB）研究生课程的所有成员，将参加培训计划，并代表不同的学科，包括药理学，细胞生物学，传染病，神经生物学，生理学，遗传学，分子生物学和骨科。 没有博士学位的学员学位将继续攻读博士学位。在MVB研究生课程，一个组织良好的，多学科的研究生课程，创建重点研究生教育工作的教师感兴趣的比较生物医学科学和分子机制负责人类和动物的健康和疾病。 MVB研究生课程的目标是为学生提供足够广泛的知识，高质量的沟通技巧和高级研究培训，这对于独立调查员的职业生涯至关重要。 获得博士学位进入该项目的学员。将侧重于进一步发展他们的研究和赠款写作技能。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Comparative Medicine and Pathology training program is a five-year program that is designed to provide state-of-the-art research training to veterinarians. Three years of support is requested for two trainees in year one, three trainees in years two through four, and five trainees in year five. It is anticipated that the majority of these individuals will have completed a residency in medicine, surgery, or pathology prior to entering the training program. Selection criteria will include 1) academic credentials and performance during their clinical training/residency; 2) strong interest in research and a desire for a career in academic veterinary medicine; and 3) desirable personal characteristics, including integrity, perseverance, and communications skills. The training program will be located in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Sixteen faculty mentors, all members of the Molecular Veterinary Biosciences (MVB) graduate program, will participate in the training program and represent a diverse group of disciplines, including pharmacology, cell biology, infectious disease, neurobiology, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, and orthopedics. Trainees without a Ph.D. degree will pursue a Ph.D. in the MVB graduate program, a well-organized, multidisciplinary graduate program that was created to focus graduate education efforts by faculty interested in comparative biomedical sciences and molecular mechanisms responsible for human and animal health and disease. The goal of the MVB Graduate Program is to provide students with a sufficient broad based knowledge, quality communication skills, and advanced research training essential for a career as an independent investigator. Trainees who enter the program with a Ph.D. will focus on further developing their research and grant-writing skills.