Summer Research Experience for Veterinary Students

项目总结 密西西比州立大学兽医学院(MSU-CVM)和塔斯基吉大学兽医学院 兽医(TUCVM)在此T35的上一个资助期内建立了合作伙伴关系 该计划已经有效，两个机构都希望继续下去。这将是2019年 为MSU-CVM提供T35资金，并为TUCVM提供第五年资金，此前没有T35资金。我们的长- 本T35的学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 让兽医学生参与并在他们课程的早期进行短期研究培训。在 在之前的资助期间，我们利用联合合作在密歇根州立大学CVM培训了46名和11名兽医学生 和TUCVM。这个应用程序的直接目标是让兽医学生在短期内参与 Ruth L.Kirschstein NRSA短期机构研究支持的研究培训机会 培训补助金(T35)计划。MSU-CVM和TUCVM再次提议进行夏季研究 经验(SRE)计划，招募和培训生物医学研究方面的兽医学生。另一项重要的 我们计划的目标是继续增加兽医研究队伍的多样性。我们的节目将 每年为12名已完成学业的兽医学生提供暑期研究经验 在AVMA认可的兽医课程中，一年级、二年级或三年级，有9个培训职位 密歇根州立大学-CVM和3个TUCVM的培训职位。拟议的培训将包括为期12周的连续培训 夏天的一段时间。该计划将包括三个主要部分：1)根据 指导积极的教研员，2)研究、职业发展和教育活动 领导力，以及3)准备科学报告的培训和经验。MSU-CVM和TUCVM 将采取几个步骤确保该项目的联合运营：两所学院将参与遴选 学员，教育活动将共同管理，学员将被分配到密歇根州立大学CVM或 基于个人研究兴趣的TUCVM。我们以前曾以这种方式成功地运作过 资助期，并提议在下一个资助期继续这一合作，这是 由密歇根州立大学CVM和TUCVM提供的杰出机构支持推动。我们的大学有独一无二的 研究项目，为学员提供毒理学、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、肿瘤学和食品安全。其中之一 我们在这里提出的新倡议是国际可持续发展教育项目，它们之间有共同的指导 密歇根州立大学-CVM和非洲机构。这将有益于我们的学生，也将增加 生物医学研究。

PROJECT SUMMARY Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine (MSU-CVM) and Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine (TUCVM) have established a partnership during the previous funding period of this T35 program that has been effective and which both institutions wish to continue. This will be the twentieth year of T35 funding for MSU-CVM and the fifth year for TUCVM, which had not previously had T35 funding. Our long- term goal in this T35 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. In the previous funding period, we utilized the joint collaboration to train 46 and 11 veterinary students at MSU-CVM and TUCVM, respectively. 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. Again MSU-CVM and TUCVM propose to administer a Summer Research Experience (SRE) Program to recruit and train veterinary students in biomedical research. Another important goal of our program is to continue to increase diversity in the veterinary research workforce. Our program will provide summer research experiences for 12 veterinary students each year that have completed their freshman, sophomore, or junior year in an AVMA-accredited veterinary curriculum with 9 training positions at MSU-CVM and 3 training positions at TUCVM. The proposed training will consist of a continuous 12-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-CVM or TUCVM based on individual research interests. We have operated successfully in this manner in the previous funding period and propose to continue this collaboration in the next funding period, which this has been facilitated by outstanding institutional support from both MSU-CVM and TUCVM. Our colleges have unique research programs to give trainees experience in toxicology, epidemiology, translational research, genomics/functional genomics, computational biology, infectious disease, oncology, and food safety. One of the new initiatives we are proposing here are international SRE projects with shared mentorship between MSU-CVM and African institutions. This will be beneficial for our students and will also enhance diversity in biomedical research.