Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：康奈尔大学兽医学院的“比较医学研究生课程”需要持续的支持。要求六个职位-与以前通过NCRR赞助的培训工具授予的职位相同。比较医学项目结合了康奈尔大学提供的最好的教学形式，包括研究生水平的指导、教师监督和培训相关活动。将为受训者提供经费，使他们从两条轨道中选择一条，一条面向基础研究，一条面向转译科学的职业。在每一种情况下，培训的结构将确保学者有序地向独立发展。这个面向五名研究生的项目将把独立的、教师指导的研究与正式的教学结合起来。在细胞与分子生物学、生物统计学、职业生涯咨询等多种专业充实活动中进行计算，培养学员的批判能力、沟通能力和团队合作能力。研究生将获得博士学位。一个博士后学者将被任命为一年，直到他或她在康奈尔研究生院注册。在每一种情况下，学者培训将总计约五年；但是，只要求三年的经费。三年以上的培训将由个人NRSA或“K”奖、向受训者的教师导师提供赠款、不受限制的大学基金或这些资源的组合提供。项目校友在获得博士学位后，将被鼓励进行至少两年的研究，最好是在相关学科和不同的机构，然后接受他们作为独立研究者的最初任命。许多校友有望成为美国兽医学院或医学院的教职员工，尽管有些人可能会在独立机构、政府或行业寻求研究职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing support is requested for a "Graduate Program in Comparative Medicine" in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Six positions are requested - the same number previously awarded through this NCRR sponsored training instrument. The Comparative Medicine Program combines the very best that Cornell offers in the form of didactic graduate-level instruction, faculty supervision and training related activities. Provision would be made for trainees to follow one of two tracks, one geared to basic research and one to a career in translational science. In each case, training would be structured to ensure the orderly progression of scholars to independence. The program for five graduate scholars would combine independent, faculty-guided research with formal instruction. In cell and molecular biology and biostatistics, career counseling, and a variety of professional enrichment activities calculated to develop the trainees' critical capacity, communication and teamwork skills. Graduate scholars would earn the PhD degree. A single postdoctoral scholar would be appointed for one year only, pending his or her enrollment in the Cornell Graduate School. In each case, scholar training would total approximately five years; however, funding is requested for three years only. Training beyond three years would be provided by an individual NRSA or a "K" award, grants to the trainee's faculty mentor, unrestricted college funds, or a combination of those resources. Program alumni would be encouraged to undertake at least two years of research beyond the PhD degree, preferably in a related discipline and at a different institution, before accepting their initial appointment as an independent investigator. Many alumni are expected to realize careers as faculty members in U.S. veterinary colleges or medical schools, although some may seek research positions in independent institutions, government, or industry. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): The Comparative Medicine Program at Cornell University is preparing accomplished and highly motivated veterinary graduates for discovery-based careers. Veterinarians have much to contribute in this regard by virtue of their capacity for lateral thinking and ability to analyze diseases in a comparative context. The program is utilizing knowledge and technology drawn from enabling disciplines to better understand life processes at a molecular level, and to develop new approaches to the treatment and prevention of both animal and human diseases. To this end, trainees pursue independent research under the guidance of successful scientists in the unsurpassed technical and intellectual environment of an academic institution that places a premium on cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research.