Veterinary Medical Student Research Training

项目摘要 兽医是受过广泛培训的卫生专业人员，具有参与生物医学研究的独特资格， 在生物体水平上理解健康和疾病，并欣赏比较 生物学1，2.“一个健康”的概念，结合了人类和兽医学的发现， 受到越来越多的关注与新的和新兴的人畜共患病，以及越来越常见的慢性 条件（例如，心血管疾病和糖尿病），以及对 环境和饮食毒素对胎儿和早期发育阶段的影响。作为动物转化研究， 模型继续扩大到目前所有NIH研究项目的大约一半1，兽医，特别是 那些受过研究训练的人，为生物医学研究做出越来越有价值的贡献。 美国国家科学院国家研究理事会委员会得出结论， 这样的兽医4，5.德克萨斯A&M大学夏季兽医学生研究培训计划 （VMSRTP）将在我们的下一个T35续订期内不断发展和扩展。除了我们之前的目标， 向兽医学生介绍生物医学研究环境，以吸引学员发现研究， 一个令人兴奋的职业选择，我们现在将扩大我们的计划招聘工作，包括兽医 有研究经验的学生。为这些经验丰富的学生提供一个强大的 暑期生物医学研究经验与经验丰富的联邦资助的导师和加强培训， 负责任的研究方法和科学沟通技巧的行为可能会提高他们的个人 研究的成功，并进一步建立他们的兴趣和承诺，兽医事业在生物医学 research.在这次竞争性续约中，该计划将由一位新的计划总监领导， 协调员，一个重新配置的咨询委员会，以及一个更集中的研究导师基地， 有强大的联邦校外生物医学基金的导师。暑期课程包括：1）生物医学 在导师的实验室进行研究;（2）至少12小时的负责任的研究行为的正式培训;（3） 通过口头和海报展示进行科学交流的每周午餐时间（一小时）培训班， 摘要和手稿的准备，以及批判性评价和初级期刊介绍方面的培训 文章;（4）在年度CVM研究研讨会上的口头研究报告;和5）研究海报 在全国兽医学者研讨会上发表演讲。该计划有特殊的机构支持 以及一系列最先进的设施，包括临床前GLP实验室，国家生物防御实验室，灵长类动物实验室， 中心，强大的机构合作，以及最近资助的DHHS生物防御疫苗中心。一个主要 学术机构努力培养更多研究兽医的障碍是难以提供 有足够的薪金来源，以介绍受训人员进行研究。T35提供的训练位置将 协助招募工作，增加研究兽医的数量，并帮助缓解国家短缺的问题。

Project Summary Veterinarians are broadly trained health professionals uniquely qualified to participate in biomedical research, having an understanding of health and disease at the organismal level with an appreciation of comparative biology1,2.The “One Health” concept, integrating discoveries in both human and veterinary medicine, has received increased attention with new and emerging zoonoses, as well as increasingly common chronic conditions (e.g., cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus), and increased concerns with the effects of environmental and dietary toxins on fetal and early stages of development. As translational research with animal models continue to expand to approximately half of all current NIH research projects1, veterinarians, particularly those with research training, make increasingly valuable contributions to biomedical research.3 Reports by National Academy of Sciences National Research Council Committees concluded that there is a critical shortage of such veterinarians4,5. The Texas A&M University summer Veterinary Student Research Training Program (VMSRTP) is evolving and expanding during our next T35 renewal period. In addition to our previous goal to introduce veterinary students to the biomedical research environment to entice trainees to discover research as an exciting career option, we will now expand our program recruitment efforts to include veterinary students who have previous research experience. Providing these experienced students with a robust summer biomedical research experience with experienced federally funded mentors and enhanced training in responsible conduct of research methods and scientific communication skills will likely enhance their individual research successes, and further establish their interest and commitment to veterinary careers in biomedical research. In this competitive renewal, the program will be led by a new Program Director, a new Program Coordinator, a reconfigured Advisory Committee, and a more focused research mentor base with 27 experienced mentors with strong federal extramural biomedical funding. The summer program includes: 1) biomedical research in a mentor’s laboratory; (2) at least 12 hours formal training in responsible conduct of research; (3) weekly lunchtime (hour-long) training sessions in scientific communication via oral and poster presentations, abstract and manuscript preparation, as well as training in critical evaluation and presentation of primary journal articles; (4) oral research presentations in the annual CVM research symposium; and 5) research poster presentations at the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium. The program has exceptional institutional support and a broad array of state-of-the-art facilities, including preclinical GLP labs, a national biodefense lab, primate center, strong institutional collaborations, and a recently funded DHHS Biodefense vaccine center. A major obstacle to the efforts of academic institutions to produce more research veterinarians is the difficulty of providing adequate salary sources to introduce trainees to research. The training positions provided by this T35 would assist recruiting efforts, increase numbers of veterinarians in research, and help alleviate this national shortage.