Tulane University Laboratory Animal Medicine Education Program

描述（由申请人提供）：在这份申请中，我们建议扩大杜兰大学现有的以证据为基础的教育项目的广度，为计划专攻实验动物医学领域的兽医提供服务。扩大的教育计划将利用各种各样的实验动物物种，并将为学员提供由美国实验动物医学学院（ACLAM）董事会认证的所有先决条件。该提案建立在路易斯安那州立大学兽医学院（LSUSVM）和杜兰大学之间现有的广泛互动的基础上，将有助于扩大和正式确定与奥杜邦研究所濒危物种研究中心（ACRES）的新的教育互动。杜兰大学在传染病方面的广泛研究项目，在生物控制方面的经验，以及最近建成的区域生物安全实验室（RBL），将为兽医们提供一个独特的教育机会，以支持传染病研究的职业。这三个机构之间的合作伙伴关系，以及重点生物安全/生物控制部分的增加，将创造一种很少有项目可以匹敌的新颖教育体验。杜兰培训计划的独特之处在于它包括国家灵长类动物研究中心（Tulane NPRC）、医学院（Tulane SOM）、科学与工程学院（SSE）、区域生物安全实验室、兽医学院（LSUSVM）和一个专门从事生殖生物学和濒危物种保护的私人研究基金会（ACRES）。这一系列的项目和设施为培养训练有素的实验动物医学兽医提供了肥沃的环境，他们能够为各种生物医学研究项目提供支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): In this application, we propose an expansion of the breadth of an established, evidence based education program at Tulane University, for veterinarians who plan to specialize in the field of laboratory animal medicine. The expanded education program will utilize a wide variety of laboratory animal species and will provide trainees with all the prerequisites for board certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM). This proposal builds on existing, extensive interactions between the Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine (LSUSVM) and Tulane University and will serve to expand, and formalize new educational interactions with the Audubon Institute Center for Research in Endangered Species (ACRES). Tulane's extensive research programs in infectious disease, experience in biocontainment, and recently constructed Regional Biosafety Laboratory (RBL) will serve to provide a unique educational opportunity for veterinarians anticipating a career supporting infectious disease research. The partnership between these three institutions, and the addition of a focused biosafety/biocontainment component will create a novel educational experience that few programs can match. The Tulane training program is unique in its inclusion of a National Primate Research Center (Tulane NPRC), School of Medicine (Tulane SOM), School of Science and Engineering (SSE), Regional Biosafety Laboratory, School of Veterinary Medicine (LSUSVM), and a private research foundation specializing in reproductive biology and preservation of endangered species (ACRES). This constellation of programs and facilities offers a fertile environment for producing expertly trained laboratory animal medicine veterinarians who are capable of providing support in a wide variety of biomedical research programs. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): In this application, we propose an expansion of the breadth of an established, evidence based education program at Tulane University, for veterinarians who plan to specialize in the field of laboratory animal medicine. The expanded education program will utilize a wide variety of laboratory animal species and will provide trainees with all the prerequisites for board certification by the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM).