Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Veterinary Medicine Training Program

RCE的建立以及区域和国家生物控制实验室网络的建设为美国以前所未有的规模促进生物防御和新发传染病的研究奠定了基础。以前无法这样做的机构现在将在BSL3和BSL4水平上对人类疾病的动物模型进行研究。这种研究的扩大产生了对具有生物控制和传染病研究经验的实验动物兽医的需求。职业发展是MRCE的目标之一，因此MRCE专门为有兴趣从事兽医职业的兽医开发了一个dvm后培训机会

Establishment of the RCE's along with construction of a network of Regional and National Biocontainment Laboratories have provided the foundation for the United States to promote research on biodefense and emerging infectious diseases (EID) at an unprecedented scale. Institutions previously unable to do so will now be conducting studies on animal models of human disease at BSL3 and BSL4 levels. This research expansion has created a need for laboratory animal veterinarians with experience in biocontainment and infectious diseases research. Career development is one of the goals of the MRCE, therefore the MRCE has developed a post-DVM training opportunity specifically for veterinarians interested in pursuing careers in biodefense or EID research. The program successfully recruited 8 DVM's in the first 5 years of the MRCE, and all of these candidates remain engaged in research. The MRCE recognizes that rigorously trained veterinarian-scientists can contribute substantially to the multidisciplinary research teams focused on biodefense, and the Center is committed to addressing the critical shortage of veterinarians with experience in biodefense and EID research, and practical knowledge of public health practice. Unfortunately, the actual number of veterinarian-scientists is relatively small. Addressing this critical shortage is a goal of the proposed training program, a post-DVM fellowship experience based on collaboration of the Midwest Regional Centers of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases based at Washington University St. Louis with the College's of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State, the University of Missouri - Columbia, and Iowa State.