Comparative Medicine and Pathology Training

比较医学和病理学培训计划于2003年秋季启动， 为兽医提供最先进的研究培训。要求在五年内继续提供支助， 目前的申请，包括三年的支持，五名学员在每年的计划。是 预计这些人中的大多数将完成医学，外科或 在进入培训计划之前进行病理检查。选择标准将包括1）学历和 在临床培训/住院期间的表现; 2）对研究的强烈兴趣和对职业生涯的渴望 学术兽医学;和3）理想的个人特征，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名教师导师，所有成员 比较和分子生物科学（CMB）研究生课程，将参加培训 程序，他们代表了一个学科的多样化组，包括药理学，细胞生物学，感染 疾病、神经生物学、生理学、遗传学、分子生物学和整形外科。没有博士学位的学员 学位将在CMB研究生课程，一个组织良好，多学科的研究生攻读博士学位 该计划是创建的重点研究生教育工作的教师感兴趣的比较生物医学 科学和负责人类和动物健康和疾病的分子机制。的目标 CMB研究生课程旨在为学生提供基础广泛的知识， 技能，和先进的研究培训作为一个独立的调查员的职业生涯必不可少的。 相关性（参见说明）： 这一方案与公共卫生高度相关，因为它解决了持续严重缺乏 具有必要的研究专业知识的兽医，以从事独立调查员的职业生涯， 生物医学研究这些人对于生物医学研究的有效翻译至关重要 从动物模型的发现到人类疾病的诊断和治疗的新方法。

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.