Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (AMRV)

兽医动物模型研究 (AMRV)

• 批准号: 8444400
• 负责人: XIANG-JIN MENG
• 金额: $ 18.94万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-03-16 至 2017-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8444400
• 关键词: Animal Model; Research; Veterinarians

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Doctors of Veterinary Medicine (DVMs) are uniquely qualified to conduct biomedical research in the field of comparative medicine using animal models. Unfortunately, the majority of DVMs do not pursue research careers, partly due to the lack of research training opportunities. Consequently, there is a critical shortage of veterinarian with research backgrounds conducting biomedical research across the nation. This competing renewal proposal for our Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (AMRV) program, which was first funded in 2006 and will expire in July 2011, will train veterinarians to become world-class researchers and will encourage them to pursue a research career after training. By taking advantage of the research strengths of faculty mentors at Virginia Tech, the AMRV program will continue to train veterinarians in areas including animal models of immunology and inflammation, environmental medicine, virology and bacteriology, nutrition and obesity, and genomics. We will continue to recruit from all 28 veterinary medicine colleges throughout the nation including Tuskegee University and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM), which ranked 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the percentage of enrolled underrepresented students. A total of 6 new DVMs will be recruited over the next 5-year funding period of the program. In addition, one trainee in our existing AMRV program will continue his third year of training during the first year of the competing renewal. We will recruit one new trainee in year 1, two new trainees each in years 2 and 3, and one new trainee in year 4 of the program. No new trainee is requested in year 5. Trainees will have the option of entering either an MS or PhD program in Biomedical and Veterinary Science (BMVS) at VMRCVM but we will advocate for the PhD track. Mentors will be selected on the basis of their commitment to student training, their cutting-edge research programs, and their ability to secure NIH and other major funding. Opportunities for trainees to work at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the new Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine will increase opportunities for studying animal models of human diseases. A unique feature of this program will be a visit to NIH, USDA, and other agencies in the Washington, DC area so that trainees can understand the breadth of research career opportunities available to them. We have successfully administrated our current T32 AMRV program and completed essentially all that we originally proposed during the past 5 years. Thus, renewal of this AMRV program will provide continuity for the current trainees in the program and will enable VMRC to continue to help train the next generation of veterinary biomedical scientists.

描述（由申请人提供）：兽医博士（DVMs）具有在比较医学领域使用动物模型进行生物医学研究的独特资格。不幸的是，大多数dvm不从事研究事业，部分原因是缺乏研究培训机会。因此，在全国范围内进行生物医学研究的具有研究背景的兽医严重短缺。我们的兽医动物模型研究（AMRV）项目于2006年首次获得资助，将于2011年7月到期，这一竞争性更新提案将培训兽医成为世界级的研究人员，并鼓励他们在培训后从事研究事业。通过利用弗吉尼亚理工大学教师导师的研究优势，AMRV项目将继续在免疫学和炎症动物模型、环境医学、病毒学和细菌学、营养和肥胖以及基因组学等领域培训兽医。我们将继续从全国所有28所兽医学院招生，包括塔斯基吉大学和弗吉尼亚-马里兰地区兽医学院（VMRCVM），这两所大学在招收的未被充分代表的学生中分别排名第一和第二。在该计划的下一个5年资助期内，将总共招募6名新的dvm。此外，我们现有的AMRV计划中的一名培训生将在竞争续期的第一年继续他的第三年培训。我们将在第一年招收一名新学员，第二年和第三年各招收两名新学员，第四年招收一名新学员。第五年不需要新的培训生。学员可以选择进入VMRCVM生物医学和兽医科学（BMVS）的硕士或博士课程，但我们将倡导博士课程。导师将根据他们对学生培训的承诺，他们的前沿研究项目，以及他们获得NIH和其他主要资助的能力来选择。受训者有机会在爱德华维亚骨科医学院（VCOM）和新成立的弗吉尼亚理工大学卡里林医学院工作，这将增加研究人类疾病动物模型的机会。该项目的一个独特之处在于将访问美国国立卫生研究院、美国农业部和华盛顿特区的其他机构，以便学员了解他们可以获得的研究职业机会的广度。我们已经成功地管理了目前的T32 AMRV项目，并在过去的5年里基本上完成了我们最初提出的所有目标。因此，该AMRV项目的更新将为该项目目前的学员提供连续性，并将使VMRC继续帮助培养下一代兽医生物医学科学家。