Cornell University Veterinary Investigator Program

描述(由申请者提供)：康奈尔大学兽医研究员计划的目标是为兽医学生在其教育的形成阶段提供一个从事基于假设的生物医学研究的机会。兽医对医学学科的科学发现有很大的贡献，因为兽医教育本身就具有广泛性和可比性。兽医专业的学生被训练整合各种来源的医学文献，包括各种动物物种，并使用解决问题的方法来评估疾病的发病机制和治疗策略，范围从分子机制到整个动物的表型。因此，兽医教育提供了一个坚实和广泛的基础，在此基础上发展一个重点领域的科学专门知识。这项建议的目标是帮助兽医学生发现这种协同效应，并提高他们对生物医学研究的兴趣。 兽医调查员计划将以学员为中心，在兽医学校第一年或第二年结束后的夏季期间，在研究实验室全职工作10周。受训者将在教师导师的指导和直接监督下进行实验，并将积极参与所有其他实验室活动。学员还将参加几项充实活动，包括：1)研究圆桌会议，将使用基于案例的方法来解决科学问题；2)每周举行一次关于当前和新兴研究技术的午餐研讨会和关于补助金撰写和科学伦理的晚餐研讨会；以及3)非学术环境中的生物医学研究研讨会。此外，受训人员将参加脊椎动物基因组学年度中心研讨会和默克-梅里亚-NIH研讨会，并将在项目结束时向项目参与者和导师发表研究报告。然而，实验室外的固定时间在任何一周都不会超过两个小时，以确保受训人员有足够的时间致力于有意义的研究项目。 兽医调查员计划将深入挖掘潜在的生物医学研究人员，他们被康奈尔兽医学院所吸引。该学院的学生拥有出色的学术资历，在许多情况下，他们以前有过研究经验。兽医调查员计划每年将为8名感兴趣的学生提供机会，让他们利用康奈尔大学提供的广泛的一流教师和资源，期望这样的经历将激励他们追求包括严格科学研究在内的职业生涯。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of the proposed Cornell University Veterinary Investigator Program is to provide veterinary students with an opportunity to engage in hypothesis-based biomedical research during the formative stages of their education. Veterinarians have much to contribute to scientific discovery in medical disciplines given that an education in veterinary medicine is inherently wide-ranging and comparative. Veterinary students are trained to integrate medical literature from a variety of sources encompassing the full array of animal species and to use problem solving approaches to evaluate disease pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies, ranging from molecular mechanisms to whole animal phenotypes. As such, an education in veterinary medicine provides a solid and broad foundation upon which to develop a focused area of scientific expertise. The goal of this proposal is to help veterinary students discover this synergy and to enhance their interest in biomedical research. The Veterinary Investigator Program will center on trainees working full-time in a research laboratory for a 10-week period during the summer after their first or second year of veterinary school. The trainees will conduct experiments with the guidance and direct supervision of a faculty mentor and will actively engage in all other laboratory activities. The trainees also will participate in several enrichment activities, including: 1) a Research Round Table, where a case-based approach will be used to address a scientific problem; 2) weekly lunch seminars on Current and Emerging Research Techniques and dinner seminars on Grant Writing and Scientific Ethics, and; 3) a seminar on Biomedical Research in Non-Academic Settings. In addition, the trainees will attend the Annual Center for Vertebrate Genomics Symposium and the Merck- Merial-NIH Symposium and will deliver a research presentation to the program participants and mentors at the conclusion of the program. Structured time outside of the laboratory, however, will not exceed two hours in any given week to ensure that the trainees have adequate time to devote to a meaningful research project. The Veterinary Investigator Program will tap into the deep pool of potential biomedical researchers who are attracted to the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine. Students at the college have outstanding academic credentials and in many cases prior research experience. The Veterinary Investigator Program will provide eight interested students per year with an opportunity to avail themselves of the wide range of superb faculty and resources available at Cornell University, with the expectation that such an experience will motivate them to pursue a career that includes rigorous scientific inquiry.