Veterinary Pre-Doctoral Research Scholars Program

描述（由申请人提供）：本T32申请申请资金用于支持科罗拉多州立大学分子、机械和应用生物医学研究的体验式培训，以鼓励dvm前参与比较/转化/学术研究。多个国家的研究已经确定需要增加兽医在这些领域的参与，学生的研究参与对增加生物医学研究的研究生职业生涯有重大影响。科罗拉多州立大学在培养博士生前、博士生/博士生组合和博士后水平的博士生方面有着悠久的历史；我们的DVM研究实习校友包括许多富有成效的学术教师，以及兽医学院院长，私人基金会，诊断实验室和行业团体的领导人。我们正在寻求通过T32兽医学生博士预科项目资助机制扩大现有项目。我们将采用积极的招聘策略来教育和鼓励来自CSU的最优秀的候选人参与。夏季系列研讨会和转化医学课程将侧重于研究过程的要素，负责任的研究行为，导师教师研究项目的概述，以及拨款写作和研究数据展示的指导。这个为期一年的项目将包括参加地方和国家研讨会。61位导师（其中30位拥有兽医学位）将参与其中，提供(1)在传染病、癌症、生理学和流行病学领域的强大生物医学研究项目——今年有265个奖项，总额超过3310万美元；(2)近10年兽医和兽医学生的科研指导经验（共培养兽医暑期生132人、博士后学员139人、博士生18人）。因此，参与者将体验一个研究项目，该项目将在新出现的疾病、生物安全和转化医学时代，将基础研究与对人类和动物健康产生影响的体内转化联系起来。该培训计划的预期结果是产生对生物医学研究感兴趣和有天赋的兽医研究生，并有进入研究生研究培训管道的趋势。该计划由经验丰富的领导指导，由专家T32项目主任组成的外部咨询委员会提供咨询，并由不同的研究指导技能的教师组成。该申请要求支持正在进行的兽医博士培训计划（历史上招收了16%的少数族裔学生），并支持学生在正式的专业兽医课程的第二年之后进行一年的博士前研究经验。最初要求支助两名学生/年，毕业后增加到三个职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This T32 application requests funds to support to experiential training at Colorado State University in molecular, mechanistic, and applied biomedical research to encourage pre-DVM participation in comparative/translational/academic research. Multiple national studies have identified a need to increase veterinary participation in these areas, and student research involvement has significant impact on increasing post-graduate careers in biomedical research. CSU has a well-established history of training DVMs at the predoctoral, combined DVM/PhD, and postdoctoral level; our DVM research trainee alumni include many productive academic faculty, as well as veterinary school deans, leaders of private foundations, diagnostic laboratories and industry groups. We are seeking to expand current programs through the T32 Predoctoral Program for Veterinary Students funding mechanism. An aggressive recruitment strategy will be employed to educate and encourage participation by the most highly qualified candidates from CSU. A summer seminar series and Translational Medicine coursework will focus on elements of the research process, responsible conduct of research, an overview of mentor faculty research projects, and instruction on grant- writing and research data presentation. The one-year program will include participation in both local and national Symposia. Sixty-one mentor faculty (30 with veterinary degrees) will participate, providing (1) strong biomedical research programs in areas of infectious disease, cancer, physiology, and epidemiology-with 265 current year awards totaling more than $33.1M; and, (2) experience in research mentorship of veterinarians and veterinary students (132 veterinary summer students, 139 post-DVM trainees, and 18 DVM/PhD students mentored during the past 10 years). Participants will thus experience a program of research that will bridge basic research to in vivo translation with impact on human and animal health in a time of emerging diseases, biosecurity, and Translational Medicine. The desired outcome of this training program is production of graduate veterinarians with an interest and aptitude in biomedical research, and a tendency to enter the pipeline of post-graduate research training. The program is guided by experienced leadership, counseled by an external advisory committee comprised of expert T32 Program Directors, populated with diverse faculty skilled in research mentorship. This application requests support to support the on-going DVM-PhD training program (which has historically enrolled 16% under-represented minority students) and to support students in a one-year pre-doctoral research experience after the second year of the formal Professional Veterinary Medical Curriculum. Initial support is requested for two students/year with a graduated increase to three positions.