Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program

项目总结/摘要 我们的计划为兽医提供严格的研究培训，以获得博士学位 在斯坦福大学获得学位。被任命者加入顶级研究生课程， 生物科学，由杰出的研究人员指导。他们开发 通过比较部门加强与兽医专业的联系 药该计划的基本原理是，密集的研究培训将使 更多的兽医有效地竞争研究资助支持，并成为 独立的主要调查员，这将满足国家的需要。学员 选择生物科学的14个研究生课程之一：生物化学，生物学， 生物医学信息学，生物物理学，癌症生物学，化学与系统生物学， 发育生物学、遗传学、免疫学、微生物学和免疫学、分子和 细胞生理学、神经科学、干细胞生物学和再生医学，以及 结构生物学项目教师包括五名比较医学导师（他们是 兽医和比较医学系的教师），和21项研究 导师在下一个供资周期，需要资金支助三名受训人员， 任何一次。总的来说，我们寻求培养训练有素的兽医研究人员， 将承担领导角色，并在他们的研究中发挥持续，强大的影响力 在兽医和兽医行业。

Project Summary/Abstract Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD degree at Stanford University. Appointees join top-ranked graduate programs in the biosciences where they are mentored by outstanding researchers. They develop stronger ties to their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The rationale for this program is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators, which will address a national need. Trainees choose one of 14 graduate programs in the Biosciences: biochemistry, biology, biomedical informatics, biophysics, cancer biology, chemical & systems biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology & immunology, molecular & cellular physiology, neurosciences, stem cell biology & regenerative medicine, and structural biology. Program faculty include five comparative medicine mentors (who are veterinarians and faculty in the Department of Comparative Medicine), and 21 research mentors. During the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support three trainees at any one time. Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinarian-researchers that will assume leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their research field and in the veterinary profession.