Graduate Program in Comparative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）： 要求继续支持康奈尔大学兽医学院比较医学研究生培训方案。要求设立六个职位-与以前通过这一培训工具提供的职位数目相同。 将在兽医学院新的和最近装修的设施中提供培训。该计划将结合联合收割机独立，教师指导的研究与细胞和分子生物学和生物统计学，职业咨询，以及各种专业的丰富活动计算，以发展学员的关键能力和沟通技巧的正式指令。接受该计划的兽医将继续接受长达五年的培训;然而，只要求前三年的资金。在最后两年，学员将由个人国家研究服务奖（NRSA）或其同等，高级培训奖，如特别强调研究职业奖（SERCA），赠款给学员的教师导师，或由学院提供的其他资源资助。 比较医学课程结合了康奈尔大学提供的最好的教学研究生水平的指导，教师监督和培训相关活动的形式。经费用于征聘具有“动物经验”的人员。专业委员会认证的个人可以选择在整个培训研究阶段运用他们的专业技能。该计划本身的结构，以确保学员的独立有序的进展。 该计划的学员预计将获得博士学位。鼓励毕业生进行至少两年的博士后研究，最好是在相关学科和不同的机构，然后接受他们的初始任命为独立调查员。许多毕业生有望在美国兽医学院或医学院担任教职，尽管有些人可能会在独立机构，政府或行业寻求研究职位。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing support is requested for a Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Six positions are requested - the same number previously awarded through this training instrument. Training would be provided in new and recently refurnished facilities of the College of Veterinary Medicine. The program would combine independent, faculty-guided research with formal instruction in cell and molecular biology and biostatistics, career counseling, and a variety of professional enrichment activities calculated to develop the trainees' critical capacity and communication skills. Veterinarians accepted into the program would remain in training for up to five years; however, funding is requested for the first three years only. During the final two years, trainees would be funded by an individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) or its equivalent, senior training awards such as the Special Emphasis Research Career Award (SERCA), grants to the trainee's faculty mentor, or other resources provided by the college. The Comparative Medicine Program combines the very best that Cornell offers in the form of didactic graduate level instruction, faculty supervision and training related activities. Provision is made for the recruitment of individuals with "animal experience". Specialty - board-certified individuals have the option exercising their professional skills throughout the research phase of their training. The program itself is structured to ensure the orderly progression of trainees to independence. Trainees in the program are expected to earn the PhD degree. Graduates are encouraged to undertake at least two years of postdoctoral research, preferably in a related discipline and at a different institution, before accepting their initial appointment as an independent investigator. Many graduates are expected to realize careers as faculty members in U.S. veterinary colleges or medical schools, although some may seek research positions in independent institutions, government or industry.