Summer Research Experience for Veterinary Students

项目摘要 受过实验设计和研究培训的兽医严重短缺 技术，这是证明了对合格的兽医研究人员的巨大需求 兽医学院、医学院、制药业和联邦政府都在寻求 社.特别是，兽医科学家必须解决两个关键领域的需求 用于生物医学研究：转化医学和新兴传染病。在 密西西比州立大学兽医学院和塔斯基吉大学兽医学院 兽医，我们特别适合解决这些领域的需求。我们长久以来- 长期目标是通过以下方式促进兽医在生物医学研究方面的国家能力 从事和教育兽医学生在短期研究培训早期， 课程。该应用程序的直接目标是让兽医学生在短期内 研究培训机会由露丝L. Kirschstein NRSA短期 机构研究培训赠款（T35）计划。具体而言，MSU-CVM和TUCVM 建议管理一个夏季研究经验计划，以招募和培训兽医 生物医学研究的学生。我们计划的另一个重要目标是增加多样性 在兽医研究队伍中。 我们的计划将提供夏季研究经验，为12兽医学生， 在AVMA认证的大学完成大一，大二或大三的一年 兽医课程拟议的培训将包括连续12周的 时间在夏天。该计划将有三个主要组成部分：1）根据 积极的教师研究员的指导，2）研究，职业教育活动 发展和领导，以及3）在科学准备方面的培训和经验 介绍。MSU-CVM和TUCVM将采取几个步骤，以确保该计划是联合 操作：两个学院将参与选择学员，教育活动将联合 管理，学员将根据个人研究分配到MSU或TU 利益我们的学院有独特的研究计划，让学员的经验， 毒理学、流行病学、转化研究、基因组学/功能基因组学、计算 生物学、传染病、肿瘤学或食品安全。

Project Summary There is a critical shortage of veterinarians with training in experimental design and research technologies, which is evidenced by the great demand for competent veterinary researchers sought by veterinary colleges, medical schools, pharmaceutical industries, and federal agencies. In particular, veterinary scientists are necessary to address two critical areas of need for biomedical research: translational medicine and emerging infectious diseases. At the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, we are particularly well suited to address these areas of need. Our long- term goal is to contribute to the national capacity of veterinarians in biomedical research by engaging and educating veterinary students in short-term research training early in their curriculum. The immediate goal of this application is to involve veterinary students in short-term research training opportunities supported by the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35) program. Specifically, MSU-CVM and TUCVM propose to administer a Summer Research Experience Program to recruit and train veterinary students in biomedical research. Another important goal of our program is to increase diversity in the veterinary research workforce. Our program will provide summer research experiences for twelve veterinary students each year that have completed their freshman, sophomore, or junior year in an AVMA-accredited veterinary curriculum. The proposed training will consist of a continuous twelve week block of time in summer. The program will have three major components: 1) research conducted under the mentorship of an active faculty researcher, 2) educational activities in research, career development, and leadership, and 3) training and experience in preparation of scientific presentations. MSU-CVM and TUCVM will take several steps to ensure the program is jointly operated: both colleges will participate in selecting trainees, educational activities will be jointly administered, and trainees will be assigned to MSU or TU based on individual research interests. Our colleges have unique research programs to give trainees experience in toxicology, epidemiology, translational research, genomics/functional genomics, computational biology, infectious disease, oncology, or food safety.