Research Opportunities in Comparative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：T35项目的长期目标是继续发展和加强对生物医学、行为和临床研究感兴趣的兽医学生的研究培训机会。该项目将为来自全国各地的兽医学生提供密集的短期研究培训经验，这些学生将在夏季来到斯坦福大学。每年夏天，八名一到三年级的兽医学生将由美国国立卫生研究院资助，另外两名学生将由比较医学系资助。学生将在斯坦福大学进行为期12周的健康相关科学的基础、行为或临床研究方面的培训，研究培训计划的关键要素包括在资金充足且富有成效的实验室进行指导研究项目，与研究相关的讲习班，研究研讨会，期刊俱乐部，研究报告，以及与处于不同职业发展水平并以不同方式为研究做出贡献的兽医的职业发展课程。该计划将鼓励兽医学生通过接触和短期参与与健康相关的科学来追求研究事业。培训将有足够的深度，使学生在完成课程后，对研究行为的基本原则有一个彻底的了解。该计划旨在帮助兽医学生发展职业，在生物医学，行为和临床研究方面发挥持续，强大的影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long-term goals and objectives of the T35 program is to continue to develop and enhance research training opportunities for veterinary students interested in careers in biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research. The program will provide intensive, short-term research training experiences for veterinary students from across the country that come to Stanford University for the summer. Each summer, eight first- through third-year veterinary students will be supported by the NIH and another two students will be supported by the Department of Comparative Medicine. Students will spend twelve weeks at Stanford training in basic, behavioral, or clinical research aspects of the health-related sciences Key elements of the research training plan include a mentored research project in a well-funded and productive laboratory, research-related workshops, research seminars, a journal club, research presentations, and career development sessions with veterinarians who are at different levels of career development and that contribute to research in diverse ways. The program will encourage veterinary students to pursue research careers by exposure to and short-term involvement in the health-related sciences. Training will be of sufficient depth to enable students, upon completion of the program, to have a thorough exposure to the principles underlying the conduct of research. The program is designed to help veterinary students develop careers that will exert a sustained, powerful influence on biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research.