Comparative medicine biosciences training program

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的项目为兽医提供严格的研究培训，以获得斯坦福大学的博士学位。他们加入顶级的生物科学研究生家庭项目，接受杰出研究人员的指导，并通过比较医学系与兽医专业建立更牢固的联系。理由是，密集的研究培训将使更多的兽医能够有效地竞争研究经费支持，并成为独立的主要研究人员，这将满足国家的需求。我们的课程重点是癌症生物学，微生物学和免疫学，以及神经科学。项目教师包括3名顾问，5名兽医导师和20名研究导师。在下一个筹资周期内，请拨资金每年支助两名新的受训人员，为期三年，每次最多支助六名受训人员。总体而言，我们寻求培养训练有素的兽医研究人员，他们将承担领导角色，并在他们的领域和兽医专业中发挥持续，强大的影响力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD degree at Stanford University. They join top-ranked graduate home programs in the biosciences, are mentored by outstanding researchers, and develop stronger ties to their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The rationale is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators, which will address a national need. Our program focuses on Cancer Biology, Microbiology and Immunology, and Neurosciences. Program faculty members include three advisors, five veterinary mentors, and 20 research mentors. During the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support two new trainees/year for three years each with a maximum of six funded trainees at any one time. Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinary researchers that will assume leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their field and in the veterinary profession.