Short-term biomedical research training program for veterinary students

描述(由申请人提供)：这项专业学生短期研究培训补助金的目的是为完成一年级或二年级的兽医学生提供机会，通过研讨会和活动丰富他们的指导生物医学研究，这些研讨会和活动旨在激励他们结合他们的医学培训和研究的职业生涯。学生将在暑假期间在高质量的实验室环境中进行为期12周的假设驱动的发现和解决问题的研究。只有密歇根州立大学兽医学院最杰出的研究人员和导师才被纳入拟议的研究培训计划。参与研究的教师被分成5个研究领域：1)比较微生物病因学和传染病，2)流行病学和公共卫生，3)比较分子遗传学，4)比较病理学，5)比较毒理学。此外，还设计了迎新课程、每周系列研讨会和特别活动，以扩大研究经验，并让学生了解当前的研究问题和职业道路，在这些问题上，他们可以为改善公共卫生做出贡献。负责任的研究行为培训是该计划不可分割的一部分，通过特别培训课程、研讨会、读书会和反思性论文进行。计划的招聘工作不仅针对我们学院的DVM学生，也针对来自美国其他兽医学院的兽医学生，旨在确保少数族裔学生能够获得这种研究经验。所有参与该计划的学生都被要求在一年一度的兽医学院Phi Zeta研究日上展示他们的研究成果，并鼓励他们在全国会议上发表，并酌情与他们的导师一起发表。增加我们兽医科学家的人力资本，对于保护公共健康和促进科学进步至关重要，这有利于动物和人类，无论是作为个人还是作为群体。暑期研究经验为兽医学生的早期培训提供了进入研究企业的关键一步，并培养了他们对生物医学科学进一步培训的兴趣和能力。对西尼罗河病毒和禽流感等影响人类和动物种群的疾病的控制和最佳应对取决于这一人力资本。此外，动物模型中的比较研究对于理解疾病过程和人类疾病的新疗法至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this professional student short-term research training grant is to provide veterinary students who have completed their first or second year with the opportunity to carry out mentored biomedical research enriched by seminars and events that are designed to inspire them for careers combining their medical training and research. Students will be engaged in hypothesis-driven discovery and problem-solving research in a high- quality laboratory setting for 12 weeks during the summer. Only the most outstanding researchers and mentors from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University have been included as trainees in the proposed research training program. Participating faculty have been grouped into 5 areas of research excellence: 1) Comparative Microbial Pathogenesis and Infectious diseases, 2) Epidemiology and Public Health, 3) Comparative Molecular Genetics 4) Comparative Pathobiology, 5) Comparative Toxicology. In addition, an orientation session, weekly seminar series, and special events have been designed to broaden the research experience, as well as to provide students with an understanding of current research issues and career paths in which they can make a contribution to improve public health. Training in responsible conduct of research is an integral part of the program and is carried out in special training sessions, seminars, book clubs and reflective essays. Recruitment efforts planned are directed not only to DVM students in our college, but to veterinary students from other U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine and are designed to ensure that minority students have access to this research experience. All students participating in the program are required to present their research results at the annual College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta Research Day, and encouraged to present at national meetings and to publish them with their mentors as appropriate. Increasing our human capital in veterinary scientists is critical to the protection of public health and advancement of science that benefits animals and humans, both as individuals and as populations. Summer research experiences provide a critical step into the research enterprise to the veterinary students early in their training and foster interest and develop aptitude for further training in the biomedical sciences. Control and optimal response to diseases such as west-nile virus and avian influenza that affect both human and animal populations depend on this human capital. In addition, comparative studies in animal models are critical to the understanding of disease processes and of new therapies for human diseases.