Georgia Veterinary Scholars Summer Research Program

描述（由申请人提供）：佐治亚兽医学者研究计划（GVSP）在佐治亚大学兽医学院（UGA-CVM）的目的是让来自美国各地的有学术才华的兽医学生沉浸在前沿研究中，激励他们从事生物医学研究，并培养他们更深入地了解兽医研究的目标和需求。实现这一目标的关键是GVSP致力于广泛、包容的学生招聘，并与强大的跨学科导师进行仔细的配对，这些导师不仅能够提供全面的研究原则，而且还提供了一个灌输社区意识的科学环境。生物技术前沿的扩展需要受过良好训练的生物生物学家作为研究兽医。这些人也是比较医学、公共卫生和食品安全学科的关键人物。此外，兽医拥有广泛的知识，对新兴和再出现的人畜共患疾病的研究产生重大影响，这些疾病是由新兴的社会和气候变化引起的。然而，兽医专业的学生往往没有意识到研究中的职业机会，在许多情况下，他们没有认识到兽医在这些令人兴奋的领域中的作用。显然，为了让“同一个健康”和转化医学的承诺在更健康的人和动物身上实现，我们将需要更多从事研究的兽医。GVSP致力于向未来的兽医展示研究事业的兴奋和奇迹，以激励他们选择研究作为他们的职业。我们培训奖助金的续期将有助于实现这一重要目标。UGA-CVM有必要的规划和管理结构，建立在过去16年的经验基础上，成功地实现了六名兽医学生的拟议培训。在为期12周的项目中，学生们被欢迎进入科学社区的纪律和友爱，并挑战不同的思考方式。基本技能通过研究伦理和行为、动物福利和沟通技巧的研讨会，以及在教师家中举办的非正式期刊俱乐部、团队建设和领导力练习来传授。中心体验是与学生选择的导师一起进行基于假设的全职研究，最终在大学和国家层面进行书面和口头报告。PI是UGA-CVM所有暑期项目的负责人，并在GVSP中得到来自五个不同学院和11个不同部门的24位导师的支持。GVSP的目的是在形成时期捕捉未来兽医的想象力，激励他们发展成为独立的研究者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the Georgia Veterinary Scholars Research Program (GVSP) at the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine (UGA-CVM) is to immerse academically talented veterinary students from across the US in cutting edge research, inspiring them toward careers in biomedical research, and fostering in them deeper understanding of the goals and needs for veterinary research. Critical to this aim is the GVSP's commitment to broad, inclusive recruitment of students and careful pairing with strong, cross-disciplinary mentors who are not only capable of providing a thorough exposure to the principles underlying the conduct of research, but who also provide a scientific environment that instills a sense of community. The expansion of biotechnology frontiers requires research veterinarians who are well-trained organismal biologists. Such individuals are also key players in the disciplines of comparative medicine, public health, and food safety. Furthermore, veterinarians have the breadth of knowledge to have major impacts on the study of emerging and reemerging zoonotic diseases that are spurred by burgeoning societal and climate changes. Nevertheless, veterinary students are often not aware of career opportunities in research and in many cases do not recognize the role of veterinarians in many of these exciting areas. Clearly, for the promises of "One Health" and translational medicine to be realized in healthier people and animals, we will need more veterinarians engaged in research. The GVSP strives to showcase the excitement and wonder of a research career to future veterinarians to inspire them to choose research as their profession. The renewal of our training grant will help with this important goal. UGA-CVM has the programmatic and administrative structure necessary, built on the experience of the past 16 years, to successfully achieve the proposed training of six veterinary students. During the 12-week program the students are welcomed into the discipline and camaraderie of the scientific community and challenged to think differently. Fundamental skills are conveyed through seminars on the ethics and conduct of research, animal welfare, and communication skills as well as an informal journal club at the homes of faculty, team building and leadership exercises. The central experience is full time hypothesis-based research with a mentor of the student's choosing, culminating in written and oral presentations at the university and national levels. The PI is the director of all the Summer Programs at UGA-CVM and is supported in the GVSP by 24 mentors from five different colleges and 11 different departments. The GVSP is designed to capture the imagination of future veterinarians at a formative time to inspire them to develop into independent investigators.