Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Veterinary Medicine Training Program

RCE的建立以及地区和国家生物遏制实验室网络的建设，为美国以前所未有的规模推动生物防御和新发传染病(EID)的研究奠定了基础。以前无法做到这一点的机构现在将在BSL3和BSL4水平上对人类疾病的动物模型进行研究。这项研究的扩展创造了对具有生物遏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专门为有兴趣从事职业生涯的兽医开发了DVM后培训机会 生物防御或宰牲节研究。该计划在MRCE的前5年成功招聘了8名DVM，所有这些候选人都仍在从事研究。MRCE认识到，训练有素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，该中心致力于解决具有生物防御和EID研究经验以及公共卫生实践实用知识的兽医严重短缺的问题。 不幸的是，兽医科学家的实际数量相对较少。解决这一关键问题 短缺是拟议培训方案的一个目标，是一种基于以下方面的后DVM团契经验 中西部地区生物防御和新发传染病卓越中心的合作 华盛顿大学圣路易斯分校与堪萨斯州立大学兽医学院、密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校和爱荷华州立大学的疾病研究中心合作。

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.