Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine

描述(由申请者提供)：康奈尔大学兽医学院的“比较医学研究生课程”正在申请资助。申请六个职位--与之前通过NCRR赞助的培训工具授予的职位数量相同。比较医学课程结合了康奈尔大学提供的最好的研究生教学、教师监督和培训相关活动的形式。将为受训人员提供两种途径中的一种，一种面向基础研究，另一种面向翻译科学事业。在每一种情况下，都将安排培训，以确保学者向独立方向有序发展。这个面向五名研究生学者的项目将把独立的、教职员工指导的研究与正式教学结合起来。在细胞和分子生物学以及生物统计学、职业咨询和各种专业充实活动中，培养学员的批判能力、沟通能力和团队合作能力。研究生将获得博士学位。单个博士后学者的任期仅为一年，等待他或她进入康奈尔研究生院。在每一种情况下，学者培训总额约为五年；然而，只要求提供三年的资金。超过三年的培训将通过个人NRSA或“K”奖、对受训者的教师导师的拨款、不受限制的大学资金或这些资源的组合来提供。该项目的校友将被鼓励在接受最初的独立研究员任命之前，在博士学位之外进行至少两年的研究，最好是在相关学科和不同的机构进行研究。许多校友预计将在美国兽医学院或医学院实现教员生涯，尽管一些人可能会在独立机构、政府或行业寻求研究职位。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：康奈尔大学的比较医学项目正在为基于发现的职业生涯培养有成就和高度上进的兽医毕业生。兽医凭借其横向思维能力和在比较背景下分析疾病的能力，在这方面可以做出很大贡献。该计划正在利用从使能学科中获得的知识和技术，在分子水平上更好地了解生命过程，并开发治疗和预防动物和人类疾病的新方法。为此，受训者在成功的科学家的指导下，在一个重视前沿、跨学科研究的学术机构无与伦比的技术和智力环境中进行独立研究。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Ongoing support is requested for a "Graduate Program in Comparative Medicine" in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University. Six positions are requested - the same number previously awarded through this NCRR sponsored training instrument. 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 would be made for trainees to follow one of two tracks, one geared to basic research and one to a career in translational science. In each case, training would be structured to ensure the orderly progression of scholars to independence. The program for five graduate scholars 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, communication and teamwork skills. Graduate scholars would earn the PhD degree. A single postdoctoral scholar would be appointed for one year only, pending his or her enrollment in the Cornell Graduate School. In each case, scholar training would total approximately five years; however, funding is requested for three years only. Training beyond three years would be provided by an individual NRSA or a "K" award, grants to the trainee's faculty mentor, unrestricted college funds, or a combination of those resources. Program alumni would be encouraged to undertake at least two years of research beyond the PhD degree, preferably in a related discipline and at a different institution, before accepting their initial appointment as an independent investigator. Many alumni 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. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): The Comparative Medicine Program at Cornell University is preparing accomplished and highly motivated veterinary graduates for discovery-based careers. Veterinarians have much to contribute in this regard by virtue of their capacity for lateral thinking and ability to analyze diseases in a comparative context. The program is utilizing knowledge and technology drawn from enabling disciplines to better understand life processes at a molecular level, and to develop new approaches to the treatment and prevention of both animal and human diseases. To this end, trainees pursue independent research under the guidance of successful scientists in the unsurpassed technical and intellectual environment of an academic institution that places a premium on cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research.