Veterinary Medical Student Research Training

项目摘要 兽医是受过广泛培训的健康专业人员，他们唯一有资格参与生物医学研究， 从生物层面理解健康和疾病，并欣赏比较 生物学1.“一个健康”的概念，结合了人类和兽医的发现，具有 随着新的和新出现的人畜共患病以及日益常见的慢性疾病，人们越来越关注 疾病(例如，心血管疾病和糖尿病)，以及对以下疾病影响的日益关注 环境和饮食毒素对胎儿和发育早期的影响。作为对动物的翻译研究 模型继续扩大到目前NIH所有研究项目的大约一半，特别是兽医 那些接受过研究培训的人，对生物医学研究做出了越来越有价值的贡献。 美国国家科学院国家研究委员会的委员会得出结论认为，目前存在严重短缺 4.德克萨斯农工大学夏季兽医学生研究培训计划 (VMSRTP)在我们的下一个T35续订期间不断发展和扩展。除了我们之前的目标之外 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努力，包括兽医 有研究经验的学生。为这些有经验的学生提供强大的 夏季与经验丰富的联邦资助导师的生物医学研究经验和增强的培训 负责任的研究方法和科学沟通能力可能会提高他们的个人能力 研究成功，并进一步建立他们对生物医学领域兽医职业的兴趣和承诺 研究。在这次竞争性续签中，该计划将由一位新的计划总监领导，新计划 协调员，重新配置的咨询委员会，以及更专注的研究导师基础，拥有27名经验丰富的人 拥有强大的联邦校外生物医学资金的导师。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小时负责任地进行研究的正式培训；(3) 每周午餐时间(长达一小时)通过口头和海报演示进行科学交流培训， 摘要和手稿准备，以及初级期刊批判性评价和介绍方面的培训 文章；(4)CVM年度研究研讨会上的口头研究报告；5)研究海报 在全国兽医学者研讨会上的演讲。该计划有特殊的机构支持。 和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 中心，强有力的机构合作，以及最近资助的卫生部生物防御疫苗中心。一位少校 学术机构努力培养更多的研究兽医的障碍是难以提供 有足够的工资来源将学员介绍给研究人员。本T35提供的培训岗位将 帮助招聘工作，增加研究中的兽医数量，并帮助缓解这一全国性的短缺。

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.