Graduate Training Program in Comparative Medicine

描述（由申请人提供）：持续的支持，要求在康奈尔大学兽医学院的“比较医学研究生课程”。申请了六个职位-与先前通过国家难民事务委员会赞助的培训工具授予的职位数目相同。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。将为受训人员提供两种途径之一，一种是基础研究，另一种是转化科学职业。在每一种情况下，培训的结构都将确保学者有序地走向独立。五名研究生学者的计划将结合联合收割机独立，教师指导的研究与正式教学。在细胞和分子生物学和生物统计学，职业咨询，以及各种专业的充实活动计算，以发展学员的关键能力，沟通和团队合作技能。研究生学者将获得博士学位。一名博士后学者将被任命为一年，等待他或她在康奈尔大学研究生院的注册。在每一种情况下，学者培训总共约为五年;然而，只要求提供三年的资金。超过三年的培训将由个人NRSA或“K”奖，赠款给受训者的教师导师，不受限制的大学基金，或这些资源的组合提供。计划校友将被鼓励进行至少两年的研究超过博士学位，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。许多校友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。 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：康奈尔大学的比较医学项目正在为以发现为基础的职业准备有成就和高度积极性的兽医毕业生。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。该计划正在利用知识和技术从使学科更好地了解生命过程在分子水平上，并开发新的方法来治疗和预防动物和人类疾病。为此，学员在成功科学家的指导下，在一个重视尖端跨学科研究的学术机构的无与伦比的技术和知识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.