Short-term research training program for veterinary students

描述（由申请人提供）：本专业学生短期研究培训补助金的目的是为完成一年级或二年级的兽医学生提供探索比较医学研究的机会，作为潜在的职业：学生将在夏季在高质量的实验室环境中进行为期12周的假设驱动发现和解决问题的研究。只有密歇根州立大学兽医学院最优秀的研究人员/导师才被纳入拟议的研究培训计划。参与研究的教师分为5个研究领域：1)比较微生物发病机制和传染病，2)流行病学和公共卫生，3)比较分子遗传学，4)比较病理生物学，5)比较毒理学。此外，还设计了定向、每周系列研讨会和实地考察，以扩大研究经验，并使学生了解当前的研究问题和职业道路，从而为改善公共卫生做出贡献。负责任的研究行为培训是该计划的一个组成部分。招聘计划不仅针对我校的DVM学生，还针对美国其他兽医学院的兽医学生，旨在确保少数民族学生有机会获得这项研究经验。所有参加该计划的学生都必须在一年一度的兽医学院Phi Zeta研究日上展示他们的研究成果，并酌情与他们的导师一起发表。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this Professional Student Short-Term Research Training Grant is to provide veterinary students who have completed their first or second year with the opportunity to explore research in comparative medicine as a potential career: Students will be engaged in hypothesis-driven discovery and problem-solving research in a high-quality laboratory setting for 12 weeks during the summer. Only the best researchers/mentors from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University have been included as trainees in the proposed research training program. Participating faculty have been grouped into 5 areas of research excellence: 1) Comparative Microbial Pathogenesis and Infectious diseases, 2) Epidemiology and Public Health, 3) Comparative Molecular Genetics 4) Comparative Pathobiology, 5) Comparative Toxicology. In addition, an orientation, weekly seminar series, and field trips have been designed to broaden the research experience, as well as to provide students with an understanding of current research issues and career paths in which they can make a contribution to improve public health. Training in responsible conduct of research is an integral part of the program. Recruitment efforts planned are directed not only to DVM students in our college, but to veterinary students from other U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine and are designed to ensure that minority students have access to this research experience. All students participating in the program are required to present their research results at the annual College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta Research Day, and to publish them with their mentors as appropriate. Increasing our human capital in veterinary scientists is critical to the protection of public health and advancement of science that benefits animals and humans, both as individuals and as populations. Summer research experiences provide a critical step into the research enterprise to the veterinary students early in their training and foster interest and develop aptitude for further training in the biomedical sciences. Control and optimal response to diseases such as west-Nile virus and avian influenza that affect both human and animal populations depend on this. In addition, comparative studies in animal models are critical to the understanding of disease processes and of new therapies for human diseases.