Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program

该项目是国立卫生研究院研究生合作计划的组成部分，旨在协调博士研究培训和大学与国立卫生研究院的接口。随着新的大学合作伙伴作为培训中心合作伙伴的整合，项目成果在学术兽医领域继续得到更广泛的认可。学术界认识到，劳动力规模和获得资源的限制仍然是在学术兽医方面取得更大进展以及人类和兽医之间的接触(One Health)方面的长期挑战。兽医在改善人类健康方面发挥着重要作用。一个健康互动，特别是通过生物医学研究中的跨学科合作，为了解资源政策和促进卫生保健提供了建设性的机会。为此，个别兽医医学教育项目(VMEP)和几个国立卫生研究院(NIH)校内研究项目之间的机构间合作伙伴关系创造了超出个别项目所提供的协同效应。在NIH比较生物医学科学家培训计划(CBSTP)中，兽医的跨学科交叉培训包括专业兽医学和人类疾病研究方面的培训，在VMEP和NIH校区合作进行。还提供了兽医博士前学生的研究机会。通过CBSTP，NIH研究人员和国家生物医学科学政策制定者获得了兽医视角和专业知识，而兽医则获得了NIH资助的研究培训的更多机会。CBSTP研究员作为事实上的大使，在NIH驻校期间，以及随后作为毕业生通过各种大学、行业和政府研究任命，提高了该专业的知名度。因此，CBSTP代表着一个机构间机会，它不仅解决了生物医学劳动力中兽医科学家的关键需求，而且同时使国家政策制定者接受兽医科学家的专业培训，从而更有效地实现造福人类和动物健康的One Health目标。该计划建立在对生物医学科学问题的跨学科和比较取向的基础上。2021财年的计划和实习生成就包括：目前有10名比较生物医学科学家在培训中，得到了多个NIH合作研究所的支持。自上一次年度报告以来，有一名研究员完成了博士学位。六名现任和前任受训人员通过了由美国兽医病理学家学会管理的国家考试，完成了董事会认证。由于疫情，今年没有为兽医学生举办暑期实习计划。CBSTP招待了六名四年级的兽医学生作为学术奖学金。招聘和培训正在新的毕业生伙伴关系联盟内进行。

The project is a constituent of the NIH Graduate Partnership Program and serves to coordinate the doctoral research training and the university-NIH interface. The project achievements continue to become more widely recognized within academic veterinary medicine as new university partners are integrating as training center partners. The academic community recognized limitations in workforce size and access to resources remained perennial challenges to greater progress in academic veterinary medicine and engagement between human and veterinary medicine (One Health). Veterinarians play significant roles in improving human health. One Health interactions, particularly through interdisciplinary collaborations in biomedical research, present constructive opportunities to inform resource policies and advance health care. To this end, inter-institutional partnerships between individual veterinary medical education programs (VMEPs) and several National Institutes of Health (NIH) intramural research programs have created synergies beyond those provided by individual programs. In the NIH Comparative Biomedical Scientist Training Program (CBSTP), interdisciplinary cross-training of veterinarians consisting of specialty veterinary medicine coupled with training in human disease research leading to a PhD, occurs collaboratively on both VMEP and NIH campuses. Pre-doctoral veterinary student research opportunities have also been made available. Through the CBSTP, NIH investigators and national biomedical science policy makers gain access to veterinary perspective and expertise, while veterinarians obtain additional opportunities for NIH-funded research training. CBSTP Fellows serve as de facto ambassadors enhancing visibility for the profession while in residence at NIH, and subsequently through a variety of university, industry, and government research appointments, as graduates. Thus, the CBSTP represents an inter-institutional opportunity that not only addresses critical needs for veterinarian-scientists in the biomedical workforce, but also simultaneously exposes national policy makers to veterinarian-scientists' specialized training, leading to more effective realization of One Health goals to benefit human and animal health. The program builds upon an interdisciplinary and comparative orientation to problems in biomedical science. Program and trainee accomplishments for fiscal year 2021 include: Presently there are 10 comparative biomedical scientists-in-training, supported by multiple NIH collaborating institutes. One fellow completed their PhD degree since the previous annual report. Six current and former trainees completed board certification by passing the national examination administered by The American College of Veterinary Pathologists. The summer internship program for veterinary students was not held this year due to the pandemic. The CBSTP hosted six 4th year veterinary students for academic externships. Recruiting and training is underway within the new Graduate partnership consortium.