NSERC CREATE in Milk Quality

CREATE乳品质量项目的目标是为从事乳腺炎和乳品质量研究的研究生提供新颖、优秀和可持续的培训。除了传统的学术培训外，该培训还将为未来的专业人士提供关键的专业技能，使他们能够在加拿大和国际上的工业、政府和学术界担任领导角色。这将通过以下方式得到加强：1)鼓励多学科、多机构和国际培训；2)促进卓越的知识转移和交流；3)提高就业准备。该计划的主要组成部分包括研究生的跨学科交流，在线乳腺炎和牛奶质量课程，知识转移和科学写作与交流原则研讨会，与工业和政府的实习，以及促进学员与非学术组织之间互动的年度专业发展和网络活动。培训的设计使理论和实践经验相结合，以优化获得目标技能和专业能力。该项目将通过一个由来自九所大学的加拿大科学家组成的国际公认的网络，即加拿大牛乳腺炎和牛奶质量研究网络来实施，进一步加强现有的强大合作结构。学术培训的范围从基础实验室研究（如分子微生物学、免疫学、生物技术）到农场应用研究（如临床兽医学、流行病学和动物福利），并且很容易转移到其他农业部门。来自行业、政府和学术合作伙伴的重要合作将使培训影响最大化，并确保资金和专业知识的利用。

The goal of the CREATE in Milk Quality program is to create novel, outstanding, and sustainable training for graduate students conducting research on mastitis and milk quality. In addition to traditional academic training, this training will equip the professionals of tomorrow with critical professional skills that will enable them to have leadership roles within industry, government, and academia in Canada and internationally. This will be enhanced by: 1) encouraging multidisciplinary, multi-institution, and international training; 2) promoting excellence in knowledge transfer and communication; and 3) improving employment readiness.Key components of the program include cross-disciplinary exchanges for graduate students, an on-line credited mastitis and milk quality course, workshops on knowledge transfer and on principles of scientific writing and communication, externships with industry and government, and a yearly professional development and networking event promoting interaction between trainees and non-academic organizations. Training is designed so that theory and hands-on experience are combined to optimize acquisition of the targeted skills and professional competency.The program will be implemented through an established and internationally recognized network of Canadian scientists from nine universities, the Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network, further enhancing a strong collaborative structure already in place. Academic training ranges from basic laboratory-based research (e.g. molecular microbiology, immunology, biotechnology) to applied on-farm research (e.g. clinical veterinary medicine, epidemiology, and animal welfare) and is readily transferable to other agricultural sectors. Important collaborations from industry, government, and academic partners will maximize the training impact and ensure leveraging of funds and expertise.