Research Training in Veterinary & Comparative Pathology

描述（由申请人提供）： 哈佛医学院（HMS）的兽医和比较病理学研究培训计划旨在为兽医从事生物医学研究做好准备，重点是实验病理学和使用非人灵长类动物（NHP）模型研究人类疾病的发病机制和治疗的培训。该培训补助金以新英格兰灵长类动物研究中心（NEPRC）为中心，包括HMS的其他组成部分和其他地区机构的参与。所有学员均为博士后水平，并被任命为HMS病理学系的研究员。培训计划的目的是遵循一年，NEPRC资助的解剖病理学强化培训期。任命为NCRR T32计划后，学员接受使用NHP模型设计和实施实验的指导，在NIH拨款申请和同行评审过程的准备中进行指导，并广泛接触最先进的调查工具和实验病理学中使用的当代研究方法，包括免疫组织化学，免疫电子显微镜，原位杂交，流式细胞术，共聚焦显微镜，激光捕获显微切割、PCR和分子生物学。培训计划将包括HMS和哈佛公共卫生学院的正式课程，参加NEPRC的研究会议和研讨会，参加国家和地区病理学会议，并在既定研究者的监督下完成研究项目，结果是在同行评审期刊上发表手稿。攻读研究生学位的学员可以申请在此培训补助金支持下进行的研究项目，以满足博士学位的要求。在哈佛大学、康涅狄格大学或马萨诸塞州大学医学院的研究生课程中。因此，这个综合性的培训项目将整合NEPRC的独特资源，哈佛医学院及其附属机构的优秀研究环境，和一个既定的调查领域，以完成长期-长期目标是为合格的兽医提供必要的研究培训和经验，使他们能够成功地竞争研究资金，因为他们准备从事学术研究病理学家,

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Research Training Program in Veterinary and Comparative Pathology at Harvard Medical School (HMS) is designed to prepare veterinarians for careers in biomedical research, with an emphasis on training in experimental pathology and in the use of nonhuman primate (NHP) models to study the pathogenesis and treatment of human diseases. This training grant is centered at the New England Primate Research Center (NEPRC) and includes the participation of other components of HMS and other area institutions. All trainees are at the postdoctoral level and are appointed as Research Fellows in the Department of Pathology of HMS. The training program is designed to follow a one-year, NEPRC-funded period of intensive training in anatomical pathology. After appointment to the NCRR T32 program, trainees receive instruction in the design and implementation of experiments using NHP models, mentoring in the preparation of NIH grant applications and the peer review process, and broad exposure to state-of-the-art investigative tools and contemporary research methods used in experimental pathology, including immunohistochemistry, immunoelectron microscopy, in situ hybridization, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, laser capture microdissection, PCR, and molecular biology. The training program will include formal coursework at HMS and the Harvard School of Public Health, participation in research conferences and seminars at the NEPRC, attendance at national and regional pathology meetings, and the completion of a research project under the supervision of an established investigator that results in the publication of manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals. Trainees pursuing a graduate degree may apply the research projects performed while supported by this training grant towards the fulfillment of the requirements of a Ph.D. in graduate programs at Harvard University, the University of Connecticut, or the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Thus, this comprehensive training program will integrate the unique resources of the NEPRC, the outstanding research environment of Harvard Medical School and its affiliated institutions, and a field of established investigators to accomplish the long-term objective of providing qualified veterinarians with the requisite research training and experience to enable them to successfully compete for research funding as they prepare for academic careers as investigative pathologists. ,