Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Veterinary Medicine Training Program

RCE的建立沿着区域和国家生物防护实验室网络的建设，为美国以前所未有的规模促进生物防御和新发传染病（EID）研究提供了基础。以前无法这样做的机构现在将在BSL 3和BSL 4水平上对人类疾病的动物模型进行研究。这一研究扩展创造了对具有生物防护和传染病研究经验的实验室动物兽医的需求。职业发展是MRCE的目标之一，因此MRCE专门为有兴趣从事以下职业的兽医开发了DVM后培训机会： 生物防御或EID研究。该计划在MRCE的前5年成功招募了8名DVM，所有这些候选人都继续从事研究。MRCE认识到，经过严格培训的兽医科学家可以为专注于生物防御的多学科研究团队做出重大贡献，该中心致力于解决兽医在生物防御和EID研究方面的经验以及公共卫生实践的实用知识的严重短缺。 不幸的是，兽医科学家的实际人数相对较少。解决这一关键问题 短缺是拟议的培训计划的一个目标，这是一个基于以下内容的后DVM奖学金经验： 中西部地区生物防御和新兴传染病卓越中心 疾病基于华盛顿圣路易斯大学与堪萨斯州兽医学院，密苏里州-哥伦比亚大学和爱荷华州州。

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.