Comparative Biomedical Sciences Training Program

描述（由申请人提供）：根据美国国家科学院的文件，并由美国国立卫生研究院国家研究资源中心优先考虑，在当代研究方面受过充分培训的研究生兽医严重短缺。特别是，兽医需要通过跨学科研究、动物建模、生物安全、食品安全和公共政策，为重要的公共卫生问题做出贡献。兽医需要接受基于假设的科学培训，熟悉尖端技术，以填补学术界和工业界现有的空缺，并在21世纪的兽医研究和教学中发挥领导作用。该培训基金的目的是提供招募和培训优秀兽医研究生所需的资源，这些兽医研究生将从威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的集体研究事业中受益。一份杰出的名单包括25名研究科学家，他们同意在拟议的计划中担任培训师。培训师的研究重点有两个主要领域：1)传染病和免疫学；2)生理过程的细胞和分子调控。培训师名单包括在兽医学院、医学和公共卫生学院以及农业和生命科学学院任职的教师。灵长类动物中心有三名驯兽师。所有培训师在校外研究资助、同行评审的出版物以及培养研究生和博士后研究人员方面都有出色的记录。假定大多数受训者将攻读比较生物医学科学研究生课程的博士学位。所有培训师都是比较生物医学研究生项目和其他校园研究培训项目的成员。25名培训师中有13名同时获得了博士学位和法学博士学位，因此，他们为我们培训项目招募的学生提供了杰出的榜样。我们期望这个项目将为学员提供批判性思维，理论背景，当代实验室工具，以及解决学术界和工业界迫切需要的沟通技巧，并在兽医研究中担任领导职务。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As documented by the National Academies, and prioritized by the National Center of Research Resources of the NIH, there is a severe shortage of graduate veterinarians with adequate training in contemporary research. In particular, there is a need for veterinarians to contribute to important public health issues through interdisciplinary research, animal modeling, biosecurity, food safety, and public policy. Veterinarians trained in hypothesis-based science, and familiar with cutting-edge technologies, are needed to fill existing vacancies in academia and industry, and to assume leadership roles in veterinary research and instruction in the 21st century. The purpose of this training grant is to provide resources needed to recruit and support the training of outstanding graduate veterinarians who will benefit from the collective research enterprise at UW- Madison. An outstanding roster includes 25 research scientists who have agreed to be Trainers in the proposed program. There are two major areas of research focus among the Trainers: 1) Infectious Diseases and Immunology; and 2) Cellular and Molecular Regulation of Physiological Processes. The list of Trainers includes faculty whose tenure home is in the School of Veterinary Medicine, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Three trainers are members of the Primate Center. All trainers have outstanding records of extramural research funding, peer-reviewed publications, and training graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. It is assumed that most trainees will pursue the Ph.D. in the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. All Trainers are members of the Comparative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, and other campus research training programs. Thirteen of the 25 Trainers have earned both the D.V.M. and Ph.D. degrees, and as such, provide outstanding role models for the students we will recruit to our training program. We expect that this program will provide trainees with the critical thinking, theoretical background, contemporary laboratory tools, and communication skills needed to address pressing needs in academia and industry, and assume leadership positions in veterinary research.