Short-term biomedical research training program for veterinary students

描述（由申请人提供）：这项专业学生短期研究培训补助金的目的是为完成第一或第二学年的兽医学生提供机会，进行有指导的生物医学研究，丰富的研讨会和活动，旨在激励他们将医学培训和研究结合起来的职业生涯。学生将在高质量的实验室环境中进行为期12周的假设驱动的发现和解决问题的研究。只有密歇根州立大学兽医学院最杰出的研究人员和导师才被纳入拟议的研究培训计划。参与研究的教师分为5个研究领域：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，还设计了一次情况介绍会、每周系列研讨会和特别活动，以扩大研究经验，并使学生了解当前的研究问题和职业道路，使他们能够为改善公共卫生作出贡献。负责任的研究行为方面的培训是该方案的一个组成部分，并在特别培训课程、研讨会、读书俱乐部和反思论文中进行。招聘计划不仅针对我校的DVM学生，还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有机会获得这项研究经验。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，并鼓励他们在国家会议上发表，并酌情与导师一起发表。增加我们在兽医科学家方面的人力资本，对于保护公众健康和促进造福动物和人类（无论是个体还是群体）的科学至关重要。夏季研究经历为兽医学生在培训初期进入研究事业提供了关键的一步，并培养了他们在生物医学科学方面进一步培训的兴趣和能力。西尼罗河病毒和禽流感等影响人类和动物种群的疾病的控制和最佳应对取决于这种人力资本。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 carry out mentored biomedical research enriched by seminars and events that are designed to inspire them for careers combining their medical training and research. 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 most outstanding researchers and 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 session, weekly seminar series, and special events 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 and is carried out in special training sessions, seminars, book clubs and reflective essays. 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 encouraged to present at national meetings 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 human capital. In addition, comparative studies in animal models are critical to the understanding of disease processes and of new therapies for human diseases.