Summer Veterinary Student Research Program (SVSRP)

描述(由申请者提供)：兽医学生在比较医学方面具有独特的资格，这是一种在动物模型研究方面的培训资源。然而，大多数学生没有从事研究职业，主要是因为他们缺乏接触生物医学研究的机会。弗吉尼亚-马里兰州地区兽医学院(VMRCVM)拟议的夏季兽医学生研究计划(SVSRP)将培训兽医学生的研究技能，并鼓励他们从事研究事业。VMRCVM在过去的暑期研究项目和类似的项目中取得了成功，自1995年以来培训了87名学生。SVSRP将为学生提供研究领域的经验，这些领域将学生对动物健康的兴趣与对传染病动物模型、免疫学和免疫病理学、细胞和分子病理学、分子生物学以及食品、营养和健康的研究相结合。顾问和遴选委员会将根据申请者的兴趣为申请者指派导师。学生将接受研究建议书和科学论文的写作、生物统计学和实验设计、基于计算机的图形、报告和演示、量化信息的可视化显示、动物模型的人文关怀和使用以及研究的伦理行为方面的培训。该项目的一个独特之处是访问美国国立卫生研究院、美国农业部、霍华德·休斯医学研究所和华盛顿特区的其他机构，以更好地了解兽医的研究职业机会，并了解研究如何影响公共政策。此外，为了保持对生物医学研究的兴趣，我们将与来自学术界、政府或生物技术行业的成功的DVM研究人员组织每周一次的会议。在完成培训和撰写研究计划书后，学生们将在导师的实验室里花9周的时间进行研究。每周将举办关于这一主题的研讨会，以强调研究的伦理行为，这些研讨会将补充迎新短期课程，并将包括具有科学完整性、人体实验和贝尔蒙报告方面专业知识的演讲者。我们将从全国所有28所兽医学校招聘，特别是从塔斯基吉大学招聘，目标是招聘代表不足的少数族裔。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Veterinary students are uniquely qualified in comparative medicine, a training that is a resource in animal model research. Yet, a majority of students do not pursue research careers, principally because they lack exposure to biomedical research. The proposed Summer Veterinary Student Research Program (SVSRP) at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) will train veterinary medicine students in research skills and encourage them to pursue a research career. VMRCVM has had success with this and similar summer research programs in the past, training 87 students since 1995. SVSRP will give students experience in areas of research that couple student interests in animal health with research in animal models of infectious disease, immunology and immunopathology, cellular and molecular pathology, molecular biology, and food, nutrition, and health. Mentors will be assigned by the Advisory and Selection Committee to applicants based on applicant interests. Students will receive training in the writing of research proposals and scientific papers, biostatistics and experimental design, computer-based graphics, reports and presentations, visual display of quantitative information, humane care and use of animal models, and the ethical conduct of research. A unique feature of this program will be a visit to the NIH, USDA, the Howard Hughes Medical Research Institute, and other agencies in Washington, DC to better understand research career opportunities for veterinarians and to learn how public policy is influenced by research. Further, to sustain interest in biomedical research, we will organize a weekly meeting with successful DVM researchers from academia, government, or biotech industries. After completing orientation and writing a research proposal, students will spend nine weeks in the mentor's laboratory doing research. The ethical conduct of research will be stressed with weekly seminars on this subject that will supplement an orientation short course and will include speakers with expertise in scientific integrity, human experimentation, and the Belmont Report. We will recruit from all 28 veterinary medical schools in the nation, particularly from Tuskegee University with the objective of recruiting underrepresented minorities.