Comparative Medicine and Pathology Training

比较医学和病理学培训计划于2003年秋季启动，并提供 为兽医提供最先进的研究培训。五年的持续支持是在 目前的申请，包括三年的支持，在该计划的每一年五名学员。它是 预计这些人中的大多数将完成内科、外科或 参加培训计划前的病理学检查。遴选标准将包括1)学历和 在临床培训/实习期间的表现；2)对研究有浓厚的兴趣，并渴望在 学术兽医；3)可取的个人特征，包括正直、毅力、 和沟通技巧。 该培训项目位于明尼苏达大学兽医学院， 由凯西·卡尔森博士和联合导演大卫·布朗博士执导。32名教职员工导师，所有成员 比较与分子生物科学(CMB)研究生课程将参加培训 计划，他们代表了一组不同的学科，包括药理学，细胞生物学，传染病 疾病、神经生物学、生理学、遗传学、分子生物学和骨科。没有博士学位的实习生 学位将在招商银行研究生项目中攻读博士学位，这是一名组织良好的多学科毕业生 该计划是由对比较生物医学感兴趣的教师创建的，旨在集中研究生教育努力 科学和分子机制负责人类和动物的健康和疾病。的目标是 招商银行的研究生项目是为学生提供基础广泛的知识，优质的交流 技能和高级研究培训对独立调查员的职业生涯至关重要。 相关性(请参阅说明)： 这一方案与公共卫生高度相关，因为它解决了目前严重缺乏 具有从事独立调查工作所需的研究专业知识的兽医 生物医学研究。这些人对生物医学研究的有效转化至关重要 在动物模型上的发现为人类疾病的诊断和治疗提供了新的方法。

The Comparative Medicine and Pathology training program was initiated in the fall of 2003 and provides state-of-the-art research training to veterinarians. Five years of continuing support are requested in the present application, including three years of support for five trainees in each year of the program. It is anticipated that the majority of these individuals will have completed a residency in medicine, surgery, or pathology prior to entering the training program. Selection criteria will include 1) academic credentials and performance during clinical training/residency; 2) strong interest in research and a desire for a career in academic veterinary medicine; and 3) desirable personal characteristics, including integrity, perseverance, and communications skills. The training program is located in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota and is directed by Dr. Cathy Carlson and co-director Dr. David Brown. Thirty-two faculty mentors, all members of the Comparative and Molecular Biosciences (CMB) graduate program, will participate in the training program, and they represent a diverse group of disciplines, including pharmacology, cell biology, infectious disease, neurobiology, physiology, genetics, molecular biology, and orthopedics. Trainees without a PhD degree will pursue a PhD in the CMB graduate program, a well-organized, multidisciplinary graduate program that was created to focus graduate education efforts by faculty interested in comparative biomedical sciences and the molecular mechanisms responsible for human and animal health and disease. The goal of the CMB graduate program is to provide students with the broad-based knowledge, quality communication skills, and advanced research training essential for a career as an independent investigator. RELEVANCE (See instructions): This program is highly relevant to public health, as it addresses the ongoing serious shortage of veterinarians with the research expertise necessary to pursue a career as independent investigators in biomedical research. These individuals are critical to the effective translation of biomedical research discoveries made in animal models to new methods of diagnosis and treatment of disease in humans.