Summer Training in Translational Biomedical Research

这个暑期研究培训项目的目标是确定和促进有能力和动力成为研究科学家的兽医学生的职业发展。在全国范围内，兽医科学家严重短缺。为了满足这一需求，必须激发兽医学生对研究职业的更大兴趣。短期研究培训计划，如本提案中所述，是实现这一目标的一种手段。该培训计划的重点是转化性生物医学研究，广泛涵盖传染病、生殖生物学、流行病学、神经科学、肿瘤学、毒理学、营养学和行为学等研究领域。该项目的教职员工包括来自4所学院10个不同学术部门的32名导师。该项目为期10周，向完成专业课程一年或两年的兽医学生开放。每个项目每年提供10个实习生职位。受训者将与一位有着相似研究兴趣的教职员工导师配对。在教师导师的协作下，学员制定可检验的假设，设计实验，收集和分析实验数据，并报告结论。成果报告包括撰写提交给全国会议的摘要，准备工作的海报演示文稿，以及撰写适合发表成果的科学期刊格式的简短手稿。通过迎新周活动和每周系列研讨会，提供负责任地进行研究的广泛指导。研讨会系列还包括突出兽医科学家可获得的职业机会的演讲。每周提供科学写作课程，帮助学员准备摘要、海报和手稿。在计划开始时，一个小型研讨会向受训人员介绍由计划教员代表的生物医学学科的多样性。在计划结束时，受训人员将参加内部海报会议和国家兽医学者研讨会。

The goal of this Summer Research Training Program is to identify and facilitate the career progression of veterinary students who have the ability and motivation to become research scientists. Nationally, there is a critical shortage of veterinary scientists. To fill this need, it is imperative to stimulate greater interest in research careers among veterinary students. Short-term research training programs, such as the one described in this proposal, are one means of accomplishing this goal. The focus of this training program is translational biomedical research, broadly encompassing the research areas of infectious diseases, reproductive biology, epidemiology, neuroscience, oncology, toxicology, nutrition and behavior. The program faculty includes 32 mentors from 10 different academic departments in 4 colleges. The program is 10 weeks in length and is open to veterinary students who have completed either one or two years in the professional curriculum. Ten trainee positions are available each program year. Trainees are matched with a faculty mentor who shares similar research interests. In collaboration with the faculty mentor, trainees formulate a testable hypothesis, design the experiments, collect and analyze the experimental data, and report the conclusions. Reporting of results includes authoring an abstract that is submitted to a national meeting, preparing a poster presentation of the work, and writing a short manuscript formatted for a scientific journal appropriate for publishing the results. Extensive instruction in the responsible conduct of research is provided through orientation week activities and a weekly seminar series. The seminar series also features presentations that highlight career opportunities available to veterinary scientists. Weekly scientific writing sessions are provided to assist trainees with preparation of the abstract, poster, and manuscript. A mini-symposium at the start of the program introduces trainees to the diversity of biomedical disciplines represented by the program faculty. At the conclusion of the program, trainees participate in an in-house poster session and in the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.