Cornell University Veterinary Investigator Program

康奈尔大学兽医研究员计划

• 批准号: 8080236
• 负责人: Robert F Gilmour
• 金额: $ 4.64万
• 依托单位: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-06-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8080236
• 关键词: Address; Animals; Area; Biomedical Research; Discipline; Disease; Education; Ensure; Ethics; Faculty; Foundations; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Hour; Laboratories; Laboratory Research; Literature; Medical; Mentors; Molecular; Participant; Pathogenesis; Phenotype; Problem Solving; Research; Research Personnel; Research Project Grants; Research Technics; Resources; Solid; Source; Staging; Structure; Students; Supervision; Therapeutic; Time; Training; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Veterinarians; Veterinary Medicine; Veterinary Schools; Work; Writing; base; career; case-based; college; comparative; expectation; experience; interest; programs; research study; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed Cornell University Veterinary Investigator Program is to provide veterinary students with an opportunity to engage in hypothesis-based biomedical research during the formative stages of their education. Veterinarians have much to contribute to scientific discovery in medical disciplines given that an education in veterinary medicine is inherently wide-ranging and comparative. Veterinary students are trained to integrate medical literature from a variety of sources encompassing the full array of animal species and to use problem solving approaches to evaluate disease pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies, ranging from molecular mechanisms to whole animal phenotypes. As such, an education in veterinary medicine provides a solid and broad foundation upon which to develop a focused area of scientific expertise. The goal of this proposal is to help veterinary students discover this synergy and to enhance their interest in biomedical research. The Veterinary Investigator Program will center on trainees working full-time in a research laboratory for a 10-week period during the summer after their first or second year of veterinary school. The trainees will conduct experiments with the guidance and direct supervision of a faculty mentor and will actively engage in all other laboratory activities. The trainees also will participate in several enrichment activities, including: 1) a Research Round Table, where a case-based approach will be used to address a scientific problem; 2) weekly lunch seminars on Current and Emerging Research Techniques and dinner seminars on Grant Writing and Scientific Ethics, and; 3) a seminar on Biomedical Research in Non-Academic Settings. In addition, the trainees will attend the Annual Center for Vertebrate Genomics Symposium and the Merck- Merial-NIH Symposium and will deliver a research presentation to the program participants and mentors at the conclusion of the program. Structured time outside of the laboratory, however, will not exceed two hours in any given week to ensure that the trainees have adequate time to devote to a meaningful research project. The Veterinary Investigator Program will tap into the deep pool of potential biomedical researchers who are attracted to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. Students at the college have outstanding academic credentials and in many cases prior research experience. The Veterinary Investigator Program will provide eight interested students per year with an opportunity to avail themselves of the wide range of superb faculty and resources available at Cornell University, with the expectation that such an experience will motivate them to pursue a career that includes rigorous scientific inquiry.

描述（由申请人提供）：康奈尔大学兽医研究者计划的目标是为兽医学生提供一个机会，在他们教育的形成阶段从事基于假设的生物医学研究。兽医对医学学科的科学发现有很大的贡献，因为兽医教育本质上是广泛和比较的。兽医专业的学生接受的训练是整合各种来源的医学文献，包括各种动物物种，并使用解决问题的方法来评估疾病的发病机制和治疗策略，从分子机制到整个动物表型。因此，兽医教育提供了一个坚实而广泛的基础，在此基础上发展一个专注的科学专业领域。本提案的目标是帮助兽医学生发现这种协同作用，并提高他们对生物医学研究的兴趣。