Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (AMRV)

兽医动物模型研究 (AMRV)

• 批准号: 8267922
• 负责人: XIANG-JIN MENG
• 金额: $ 12.99万
• 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/8267922
• 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. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: Veterinarians are uniquely qualified to conduct biomedical research using animal models, but relatively few go into this field of work due to a lack of research training opportunities. This competing renewal proposal is to continue our NIH-funded Animal Model Research for Veterinarians (AMRV) program that aims to rectify this situation by enrolling veterinarians in a Master's or Ph.D. program that equips them with the fundamentals of conducting hypothesis- driven, cutting-edge biomedical research using state-of-the-art technologies and encourages them to enter into a career in research.

描述（由申请人提供）：兽医医生（DVM）具有独特的资格，可以使用动物模型在比较医学领域进行生物医学研究。不幸的是，大多数DVM并未从事研究职业，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研究背景存在严重的兽医短缺。这项针对我们的兽医模型研究（AMRV）计划的竞争续约建议，该计划于2006年首次资助，将于2011年7月到期，将培训兽医成为世界一流的研究人员，并鼓励他们在培训后从事研究职业。通过利用弗吉尼亚理工大学的教师导师的研究优势，AMRV计划将继续培训兽医，包括免疫学和炎症，环境医学，病毒学和细菌学，营养和肥胖以及基因组学的动物模型。我们将继续从全国所有28家兽医学院招募，包括塔斯基吉大学和弗吉尼亚 - 玛丽兰区域兽医学院（VMRCVM），分别在招收人数不足的学生的百分比中排名第一和第二。在该计划的接下来的5年资金期间，总共将招募6个新的DVM。此外，我们现有的AMRV计划中的一名学员将在竞争续约的第一年继续他的第三年培训。我们将在第1年招募一名新学员，在第2年和第3年中分别招募两名新学员，以及该计划第4年的一名新学员。在5年级，不要求新的学员。学员将可以选择在VMRCVM的生物医学和兽医科学（BMV）中输入MS或PhD计划，但我们将主张博士学位轨道。导师将根据他们对学生培训，尖端研究计划的承诺以及获得NIH和其他主要资金的能力的选择。受训者通过骨病学院（VCOM）和新的弗吉尼亚理工大学医学院在爱德华的工作机会将增加研究人类疾病动物模型的机会。该计划的一个独特功能将是访问华盛顿特区地区的NIH，USDA和其他机构，以便学员可以了解他们可用的研究职业机会的广度。我们已经成功地管理了当前的T32 AMRV计划，并完成了过去5年中最初提出的所有内容。因此，该AMRV计划的续订将为该计划的当前学员提供连续性，并使VMRC能够继续帮助培训下一代兽医生物医学科学家。 公共卫生相关性：兽医具有使用动物模型进行生物医学研究的独特资格，但是由于缺乏研究培训机会，相对较少的进入该工作领域。该竞争性更新提案是继续我们的NIH资助的兽医动物模型研究（AMRV）计划，该计划旨在通过让兽医入学硕士或博士学位来纠正这种情况。计划为他们提供使用最先进的技术进行假设驱动的尖端生物医学研究的基本原理，并鼓励他们从事研究职业。