Short-term research training program for veterinary students

描述（由申请人提供）：这个专业学生短期研究培训补助金的目的是提供谁已经完成了他们的第一或第二年的兽医学生有机会探索比较医学研究作为一个潜在的职业：学生将在夏季从事假设驱动的发现和解决问题的研究在一个高质量的实验室设置为12周。只有密歇根州立大学兽医学院最好的研究人员/导师才被纳入拟议的研究培训计划。参与的教师被分为5个卓越的研究领域：1）比较微生物发病机制和传染病，2）流行病学和公共卫生，3）比较分子遗传学，4）比较病理生物学，5）比较毒理学。此外，定向，每周研讨会系列和实地考察已经设计，以扩大研究经验，以及为学生提供当前的研究问题和职业道路的理解，他们可以作出贡献，以改善公共卫生。在负责任的研究行为的培训是该计划的一个组成部分。计划的招聘工作不仅针对我们学院的DVM学生，而且针对美国其他兽医学院的兽医学生，旨在确保少数民族学生能够获得这种研究经验。所有参加该计划的学生都必须在每年的兽医学院Phi Zeta研究日上展示他们的研究成果，并酌情与他们的导师一起发表。 增加我们在兽医科学家方面的人力资本对于保护公共卫生和促进有利于动物和人类的科学发展至关重要，无论是作为个人还是作为群体。暑期研究经验提供了一个关键的一步，进入研究企业的兽医学生在他们的培训早期，培养兴趣和发展能力，在生物医学科学的进一步培训。对影响人类和动物种群的西尼罗河病毒和禽流感等疾病的控制和最佳反应取决于此。此外，动物模型的比较研究对于理解疾病过程和人类疾病的新疗法至关重要。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objective of this Professional Student Short-Term Research Training Grant is to provide veterinary students who have completed their first or second year with the opportunity to explore research in comparative medicine as a potential career: Students will be engaged in hypothesis-driven discovery and problem-solving research in a high-quality laboratory setting for 12 weeks during the summer. Only the best researchers/mentors from the College of Veterinary Medicine at Michigan State University have been included as trainees in the proposed research training program. Participating faculty have been grouped into 5 areas of research excellence: 1) Comparative Microbial Pathogenesis and Infectious diseases, 2) Epidemiology and Public Health, 3) Comparative Molecular Genetics 4) Comparative Pathobiology, 5) Comparative Toxicology. In addition, an orientation, weekly seminar series, and field trips have been designed to broaden the research experience, as well as to provide students with an understanding of current research issues and career paths in which they can make a contribution to improve public health. Training in responsible conduct of research is an integral part of the program. Recruitment efforts planned are directed not only to DVM students in our college, but to veterinary students from other U.S. colleges of veterinary medicine and are designed to ensure that minority students have access to this research experience. All students participating in the program are required to present their research results at the annual College of Veterinary Medicine Phi Zeta Research Day, and to publish them with their mentors as appropriate. Increasing our human capital in veterinary scientists is critical to the protection of public health and advancement of science that benefits animals and humans, both as individuals and as populations. Summer research experiences provide a critical step into the research enterprise to the veterinary students early in their training and foster interest and develop aptitude for further training in the biomedical sciences. Control and optimal response to diseases such as west-Nile virus and avian influenza that affect both human and animal populations depend on this. In addition, comparative studies in animal models are critical to the understanding of disease processes and of new therapies for human diseases.