Veterinary Medical Student Research Training

描述(由申请人提供)： 德克萨斯A&M大学(TAMU)兽医学院兽医学生研究培训计划(VMSRTP)的目标是吸引和介绍从美国所有兽医学院招募的学术天赋的兽医预科学生进入多学科、活跃、富有成效的研究实验室，以激励他们将追求假设驱动的生物医学研究事业作为毕生抱负。通过让博士后兽医学者沉浸在他们对实验室环境特别感兴趣的研究领域，并在三个月的时间里培养导师、博士后研究员、研究生和本科生研究员，学生将有理想的机会了解科学是如何真正进行的，以及为什么一个人如此容易被探索和发现新知识作为改善健康和福祉的基础。被选中参加这个项目的学生将接受精心挑选的、非常成功的职业科学家榜样，这些榜样是因为他们在板凳级别的研究教育中的技能而被挑选出来的。来自五所TAMU学院最好的实验室专注于实验动物科学、实验动物医学、比较医学、基础科学和比较病理学的研究概念的交叉交流将通过每周的说明式研讨会来确保。将在一个宽松的环境中提供专门的每周与杰出科学家的正式和非正式研讨会，以激发学生和导师的科学创造力。为了更全面地理解科学方法、如何得出可验证的假设、科学伦理的绝对必要性、应用有效的实验设计、数据收集和统计分析以及科学写作，特别课程将提供对实时科学的全面接触。近二十年来，CVM一直支持一个成熟的、富有成效的夏季兽医学生研究人员计划，因此已经存在一个强大的管理结构，以全面支持国家招聘、选拔、实施和后勤要求，为该计划的YR1 10名学生、YR2 11名学生和YR5至YR5 12名学生提供高质量的研究培训计划。云服务器将在YR1提供10,000美元的配套资金，在YR2提供11,000美元，之后每年提供12,000美元，以进一步确保充分的资源用于高质量的计划。我们的VMSRTP的目标是将博士前兽医培养成面向未来的R01级科学家。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the Veterinary Medical Student Research Training Program (VMSRTP) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to attract and introduce academically gifted pre-doctoral veterinary students recruited from all US colleges of veterinary medicine into multi-disciplinary, active, productive research laboratories to motivate them toward pursuing hypothesis-driven biomedical research careers as their lifelong ambition. By immersing the pre-doctoral veterinary scholars in research areas that specifically interest them in laboratory environments with nurturing mentors, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students and undergraduate fellows for three months, the students will have the ideal opportunity to learn how science is really performed and why one is so easily captured by the quest and discovery of new knowledge as the basis for improved health and well being. The students selected for this program will be subjected to hand-picked, highly successful career-scientist role models chosen for their skills in research education at the bench level. Cross-fertilization of research concepts from the best laboratories from five TAMU colleges focused on laboratory animal science, laboratory animal medicine, comparative medicine, basic sciences, and comparative pathology will be ensured by weekly expository format seminars. Dedicated weekly formal and informal seminars with outstanding scientists will be provided in a relaxed environment to stimulate scientific creativity among the students and mentors. Special courses for a fuller understanding of the scientific method, how to derive a testable hypothesis, absolute necessity for scientific ethics, applying valid experimental designs, data collection and statistical analyses and scientific writing will provide a rounded exposure to real-time science. Because the CVM has supported an established, productive Summer Veterinary Student Research Fellows program for almost two decades, a strong administrative structure already exists to fully support the national recruiting, selection, implementation and logistical requirements for a high quality research training program for 10 students in YR1, 11 in YR2 and 12/YR through YR5 of the program. The CVM will provide matching funds of $10,000 in YR1, $11,000 in YR2 and $12,000/YR thereafter to further ensure fully adequate resources for a high quality program. Our VMSRTP is squarely aimed at developing pre-doctoral veterinary into R01 level scientists for the future.