Research Opportunities in Comparative Medicine

描述（申请人提供）：美国需要更多的兽医研究人员。兽医研究人员推进生物医学和行为研究，支持兽医专业，提高动物护理质量。该计划的主要目标是帮助兽医学生发展研究事业。我们寻找高素质的一年级和二年级学生（8名/暑期），并将他们安置在强大的研究实验室。我们为他们提供指导研究经验和进一步的研究培训和就业机会的知识。我们的目标是激发兽医学生对研究的兴趣，培养他们对兽医科学家社区的归属感。这个为期三个月的项目包括一个个人研究项目、与研究相关的研讨会、职业发展会议、兽医学生期刊俱乐部和学生研究研讨会。该研究项目是该计划最重要的部分，类似于第一年博士研究生的实验室轮转。参与的教师提供了广泛的生物医学和行为学科的研究机会，他们是斯坦福大学医学院以下部门的成员：微生物学与免疫学、神经病学与神经科学、骨科外科、病理学、儿科、精神病学与行为科学、放射肿瘤学和比较医学。这个项目和其他类似项目的长期效果是进一步发展国家在实验动物医学、比较病理学和比较医学方面的劳动力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The United States needs more veterinary researchers. Veterinary researchers advance biomedical and behavioral research, support the veterinary profession, and improve the quality of animal care. This program's primary objective is to help veterinary students develop research careers. We seek highly qualified 1st and 2nd year students (eight/summer) and place them in strong research laboratories. We provide them with mentored research experience and knowledge about further research training and career opportunities. Our goal is to stimulate veterinary students' interest in research and nurture a sense of belonging to a community of veterinary scientists. The three month program consists of an individual research project, research-related workshops, career development sessions, a veterinary student journal club, and a student research symposium. The research project is the most important part of the program and is similar to a 1st year Ph.D. graduate student laboratory rotation. Participating faculty offer research opportunities in a broad range of biomedical and behavioral disciplines and are members of the following departments in the Stanford University School of Medicine: Microbiology & Immunology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Orthopedic Surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Radiation Oncology, and Comparative Medicine. The long-term effect of this program, and others like it, is further development of the nation's workforce in laboratory animal medicine, comparative pathology, and comparative medicine.