Building Researchers on the Diverse Foundation of a Veterinary Medical Education

描述(申请人提供)：在生物医学和临床科学领域建立一支高素质和多样化的研究队伍的必要性在全国范围内得到了广泛的认可。在这样做的过程中，我们必须在研究和保健企业中招募最有才华的人。拟议的培训计划的目标是通过向毕业兽医提供研究培训来为研究队伍做出贡献。以兽医为目标进行研究培训的理由是，他们拥有一个独特的消息灵通的视角，可以从这个视角推进生物医学研究的各个领域。这源于在兽医教育和兽医实践中使用的比较方法。此外，通过兽医教育获得的教育深度和多样性，我们的学员将在进入我们的研究培训计划后获得，这为我们提供了强大的科学和医学知识基础。拟议的研究培训计划将是博士后水平，因为受训人员将拥有兽医博士(DVM或同等学位)学位。要求为3名学员提供资金，预计学员将在该计划中学习3年。培训将以比较医学和综合生物学研究生项目博士水平研究生教育的形式进行，受训者将进行原创性研究，这些研究将构成博士论文的基础。传统的研究生教育将通过特定的活动加以加强，这些活动将增强学员对研究职业的准备。学员可以选择选择在呼吸系统疾病、癌症、神经科学、炎症、遗传学以及肠道和传染病方面拥有国家公认的专业知识的教师培训师作为导师(主要顾问)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The need to establish a highly-qualified and diverse research work force in the biomedical and clinical sciences is well-recognized nationally. In doing so we must enlist the most talented individuals in the research and health care enterprise. The objective of the proposed training program is to contribute to the research workforce by providing research training to graduate veterinarians. The rationale for targeting veterinarians for research training is that they possess a uniquely-informed perspective from which to advance the various fields of biomedical research. This stems from the comparative approach that is used in veterinary medical education, as well as in the practice of veterinary medicine. Furthermore, the educational depth and diversity acquired through the veterinary education that our trainees will have upon entering our research training program provides a strong science and medical knowledge base upon which to build. The proposed research training program will be at the postdoctoral level, as trainees will hold a doctor of veterinary medicine (DVM or equivalent) degree. Funds are requested for 3 trainees and trainees are expected to be in the program for 3 years. The training will take place in the form of PhD level graduate education in the Comparative Medicine and Integrative Biology graduate program, in which trainees will conduct original research that will form the basis of a PhD dissertation. Traditional graduate education will be augmented with specific activities that will bolster trainees' readiness for research careers. Trainees will have the option of selecting as mentors (major advisors) a wide array of faculty trainers with nationally recognized expertise in respiratory diseases, cancer, neuroscience, inflammation, genetics, and enteric and infectious diseases.