Comparative Medicine Biosciences Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 我们的计划为兽医提供严格的研究培训，最终获得博士学位 斯坦福大学的学位。他们加入了排名最高的研究生之家项目 生物科学，由杰出的研究人员指导，并与 他们的兽医专业通过了比较医学系。这个 理由是，高强度的研究培训将使更多的兽医能够竞争 有效地获得研究经费支持，成为独立的主要研究人员， 这将满足国家的需求。学员从14个研究生之家中选择一个 生物科学专业：生物化学、生物学、生物医学信息学、生物物理学、 癌症生物学、化学与系统生物学、发育生物学、遗传学、 免疫学、微生物学与免疫学、分子与细胞生理学 神经科学、干细胞生物学与再生医学、结构生物学。 项目教员包括六名比较医学导师(他们是兽医和 比较医学系教师)和17名研究导师。在.期间 在下一个供资周期，任何时候都需要资金支持4名受训人员。 总体而言，我们寻求培养训练有素的兽医研究人员， 在他们的研究领域中发挥领导作用并产生持续、强大的影响 兽医行业。

Project Summary/Abstract Our program provides veterinarians with rigorous research training leading to the PhD degree at Stanford University. They join top-ranked graduate home programs in the biosciences, are mentored by outstanding researchers, and develop stronger ties to their veterinary profession through the Department of Comparative Medicine. The rationale is that intense research training will enable more veterinarians to compete effectively for research grant support and become independent principal investigators, which will address a national need. Trainees choose one of 14 graduate home programs in the Biosciences: biochemistry, biology, biomedical informatics, biophysics, cancer biology, chemical & systems biology, developmental biology, genetics, immunology, microbiology & immunology, molecular & cellular physiology, neurosciences, stem cell biology & regenerative medicine, and structural biology. Program faculty include six comparative medicine mentors (who are veterinarians and faculty in the Department of Comparative Medicine), and 17 research mentors. During the next funding cycle, funds are requested to support 4 trainees at any one time. Overall, we seek to produce highly trained veterinary researchers that will assume leadership roles and exert a sustained, powerful influence in their research field and in the veterinary profession.