Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 我们的计划为兽医提供严格的研究培训，最终获得博士学位 斯坦福大学的学位。被任命的人参加排名最高的研究生项目 在生物科学领域，他们由杰出的研究人员指导。它们会发展成 通过比较部加强与兽医专业的联系 医学。该计划的基本原理是，高强度的研究培训将使 更多的兽医有效地竞争研究资助并成为 独立的首席调查员，这将满足国家的需要。实习生 在生物科学的14个研究生课程中选择一个：生物化学、生物学、 生物医学信息学、生物物理学、癌症生物学、化学与系统生物学、 发育生物学、遗传学、免疫学、微生物学和免疫学、分子和 细胞生理学、神经科学、干细胞生物学和再生医学，以及 结构生物学。项目教师包括五名比较医学导师(他们是 比较医学系的兽医和教员)和21项研究 导师。在下一个供资周期内，请拨资金支持三名受训人员 任何一次。总体而言，我们寻求培养训练有素的兽医-研究人员 将担任领导角色，并在他们的研究中发挥持续、强大的影响 在田野和兽医行业。

Project Summary/Abstract Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD degree at Stanford University. Appointees join top-ranked graduate programs in the biosciences where they are mentored by outstanding researchers. They develop stronger ties to their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The rationale for this program is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators, which will address a national need. Trainees choose one of 14 graduate programs in the Biosciences: biochemistry, biology, biomedical informatics, biophysics, cancer biology, chemical & systems biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology & immunology, molecular & cellular physiology, neurosciences, stem cell biology & regenerative medicine, and structural biology. Program faculty include five comparative medicine mentors (who are veterinarians and faculty in the Department of Comparative Medicine), and 21 research mentors. During the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support three trainees at any one time. Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinarian-researchers that will assume leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their research field and in the veterinary profession.