Veterinary Medical Student Research Training

描述（由申请人提供）： 兽医医学学生研究培训计划（VMSRTP）在兽医学院（CVM）在得克萨斯州A&M大学（TAMU）的目的是吸引和介绍学术天才的博士前兽医学生从所有美国兽医学院招募到多学科，积极，富有成效的研究实验室，以激励他们追求假设驱动的生物医学研究事业作为他们的终身抱负。通过将博士前兽医学者沉浸在他们在实验室环境中特别感兴趣的研究领域，并培养导师、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生研究员，为期三个月，学生将有理想的机会了解科学是如何真正进行的以及为什么人们如此容易通过探索和发现新知识来捕获新知识，作为改善健康和福祉的基础。被选中参加该计划的学生将受到精心挑选的，非常成功的职业科学家榜样的影响，这些榜样是根据他们在板凳水平上的研究教育技能而选择的。来自五个TAMU学院的最佳实验室的研究概念的交叉施肥，重点是实验室动物科学，实验室动物医学，比较医学，基础科学和比较病理学，将通过每周的临时形式研讨会来确保。每周一次的正式和非正式研讨会将在轻松的环境中与杰出的科学家举行，以激发学生和导师的科学创造力。为了更全面地了解科学方法，如何得出可检验的假设，科学伦理的绝对必要性，应用有效的实验设计，数据收集和统计分析以及科学写作的特殊课程将提供全面的实时科学。由于CVM已经支持了近二十年的既定，富有成效的暑期兽医学生研究员计划，已经存在一个强大的行政结构，以充分支持国家招聘，选拔，实施和后勤要求，为YR 1的10名学生提供高质量的研究培训计划，YR 2的11名学生和12/YR通过YR 5的计划。CVM将在第一年提供10，000美元的配套资金，第二年提供11，000美元，此后每年提供12，000美元，以进一步确保高质量计划的充分充足资源。我们的VMSRTP是正视旨在发展博士前兽医到R 01级科学家的未来。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the Veterinary Medical Student Research Training Program (VMSRTP) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to attract and introduce academically gifted pre-doctoral veterinary students recruited from all US colleges of veterinary medicine into multi-disciplinary, active, productive research laboratories to motivate them toward pursuing hypothesis-driven biomedical research careers as their lifelong ambition. By immersing the pre-doctoral veterinary scholars in research areas that specifically interest them in laboratory environments with nurturing mentors, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate fellows for three months, the students will have the ideal opportunity to learn how science is really performed and why one is so easily captured by the quest and discovery of new knowledge as the basis for improved health and well being. The students selected for this program will be subjected to hand-picked, highly successful career-scientist role models chosen for their skills in research education at the bench level. Cross-fertilization of research concepts from the best laboratories from five TAMU colleges focused on laboratory animal science, laboratory animal medicine, comparative medicine, basic sciences, and comparative pathology will be ensured by weekly expository format seminars. Dedicated weekly formal and informal seminars with outstanding scientists will be provided in a relaxed environment to stimulate scientific creativity among the students and mentors. Special courses for a fuller understanding of the scientific method, how to derive a testable hypothesis, absolute necessity for scientific ethics, applying valid experimental designs, data collection and statistical analyses and scientific writing will provide a rounded exposure to real-time science. Because the CVM has supported an established, productive Summer Veterinary Student Research Fellows program for almost two decades, a strong administrative structure already exists to fully support the national recruiting, selection, implementation and logistical requirements for a high quality research training program for 10 students in YR1, 11 in YR2 and 12/YR through YR5 of the program. The CVM will provide matching funds of $10,000 in YR1, $11,000 in YR2 and $12,000/YR thereafter to further ensure fully adequate resources for a high quality program. Our VMSRTP is squarely aimed at developing pre-doctoral veterinary into R01 level scientists for the future.