Research Training for Veterinary Students

兽医学生研究培训

• 批准号: 10682440
• 负责人: CATHY L MILLER
• 金额: $ 5.37万
• 依托单位: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10682440
• 关键词: Achievement; Address; Agreement; Animal Experimentation; Award; Biomedical Research; Career Choice; Collaborations; Education; Ensure; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health; Industry; Institution; Iowa; Medical Students; Mentors; Mission; Nebraska; Pathway interactions; Process; Qualifying; Recording of previous events; Research; Research Personnel; Research Support; Research Training; Science; Source; Specialist; Student recruitment; Students; Training; Training Programs; United States Department of Agriculture; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Veterinarians; Veterinary Medicine; Work; animal model development; career; college; comparative; faculty mentor; health empowerment; interest; laboratory experience; meetings; next generation; programs; prospective; skills; success; training project

SUMMARY Veterinary specialists with biomedical and comparative research skills are essential for ensuring One Health and meeting the mission of the NIH; however, a shortage of veterinarians with biomedical research training has resulted in gaps in research expertise diversity and a lack of proficiency in research animal model development in the biomedical workforce. The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Iowa State University (ISU) has an enduring history of educating veterinarians, many of whom have entered careers in biomedical research. Our incoming (2018-19) student class is historically our largest (127 students) and most diverse, and is augmented by additional students from cooperative educational agreements with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (UNL-DVM, 27 students) and Tuskegee University (1 student) leading to a substantial pool of students for recruitment as T35-funded scholars in our Summer Scholar Research Program (SSRP). Additionally, despite escalating competition in biomedical research funding, awards from various federal (eg. NIH, USDA, DOD, FDA), industry, stakeholder, and foundation sources to ISU CVM researchers, including mentors on this T35 proposal, have increased from $13 million to almost $18 million in the past 3 years. This combination of prospective scholars, mentor research accomplishments, and collaboration with local, regional, and national institutions, along with demonstrated historical achievement of our SSRP speaks to the potential for our success in training the next generation of veterinarian researchers with assistance from this T35 training program. The overall goal of the T35-supported scholar training project and the SSRP at ISU CVM is to increase the workforce in One Health by empowering veterinary medical students with interest and skills in biomedical research with a 13-week training program during summer periods to enhance their understanding of key aspects of, and provide a pathway into, the field of biomedical research. In this new application, we outline a plan for achieving our goals by demonstrating the success of our faculty mentor pool, establishing a matching process of mentors with scholars that is intended to identify students most likely to pursue a career in research that supports the NIH mission, conducting a training program that includes fruitful laboratory experiences guided by engaged and qualified mentors in state-of-the-art facilities, and enhancing the impact and diversity of the program. The work proposed in this application will help to provide a pipeline of exceptional veterinary students guided into a career path in biomedical research and will aid in reducing the critical shortage of veterinarian researchers needed to address One Health challenges.

摘要 具有生物医学和比较研究技能的兽医专家是确保同一健康的关键 和满足NIH的使命；然而，受过生物医学研究培训的兽医短缺 导致在研究专业知识多样性方面存在差距，在研究动物模型开发方面缺乏熟练程度 在生物医学工作队伍中。爱荷华州立大学兽医学院(CVM)有一项 培养兽医的悠久历史，他们中的许多人都进入了生物医学研究的职业生涯。我们的 新生班级(2018-19年)历来是我们最大的班级(127名学生)和最多样化的班级，而且还在增加 通过与内布拉斯加大学林肯分校的合作教育协议获得额外的学生 兽医和生物医学(UNL-DVM，27名学生)和塔斯基吉大学(1名学生) 在我们的暑期奖学金研究项目中招募大量的学生作为T35资助的学者 (SSRP)。此外，尽管生物医学研究资金的竞争不断升级，但来自不同领域的奖项 联邦(例如NIH、USDA、DOD、FDA)、行业、利益相关者和基金会来源提供给ISU CVM研究人员， 包括T35计划的导师在内，在过去3年中从1300万美元增加到近1800万美元 好几年了。未来的学者、导师的研究成果以及与 地方、区域和国家机构，以及我们的SSRP演讲所展示的历史成就 对于我们成功地培训下一代兽医研究人员的潜力 这个T35培训项目。 T35支持的学者培训项目和ISU CVM的SSRP的总体目标是增加 通过赋予兽医学生对生物医学的兴趣和技能来培养One Health的工作人员 在夏季期间进行为期13周的培训计划进行研究，以增强他们对关键技术的理解 生物医学研究领域的方方面面，并提供一条进入该领域的途径。在这个新的应用程序中，我们概述了 通过展示我们的教职员工导师库的成功，建立匹配的 导师与学者的过程，旨在确定最有可能从事研究事业的学生 这支持了NIH的任务，实施了一个包括富有成效的实验室经验的培训计划 在最先进的设施中由敬业和合格的导师指导，并增强 这个项目。本申请中提出的工作将有助于提供一条特殊兽医的管道 学生被引导进入生物医学研究的职业道路，并将有助于减少严重的 兽医研究人员需要解决One Health的挑战。