Summer Training in Translational Biomedical Research

这个暑期研究培训计划的目标是确定和促进兽医学生的职业发展，他们有能力和动力成为研究科学家。在全国范围内，兽医科学家严重短缺。为了满足这一需求，必须激发兽医学生对研究职业的更大兴趣。短期研究培训计划，如本建议中所述，是实现这一目标的一种手段。该培训计划的重点是转化生物医学研究，广泛涵盖传染病，生殖生物学，流行病学，神经科学，肿瘤学，毒理学，营养和行为的研究领域。该计划的教师包括来自4所学院10个不同学术部门的32名导师。该计划为期10周，对已经完成一年或两年专业课程的兽医学生开放。每个计划年度提供10个实习生职位。学员与一位分享相似研究兴趣的教师导师相匹配。与教师导师合作，学员制定一个可检验的假设，设计实验，收集和分析实验数据，并报告结论。结果报告包括撰写一份提交给全国会议的摘要，准备工作的海报介绍，并为适合发表结果的科学期刊撰写一份简短的手稿。在研究的负责任的行为广泛的指令是通过定向周活动和每周一次的研讨会系列提供。研讨会系列还包括突出兽医科学家可用的职业机会的演讲。每周提供科学写作课程，以帮助学员准备摘要，海报和手稿。在该计划开始时的小型研讨会向学员介绍了由该计划教师代表的生物医学学科的多样性。在课程结束时，学员参加内部海报会议和国家兽医学者研讨会。

The goal of this Summer Research Training Program is to identify and facilitate the career progression of veterinary students who have the ability and motivation to become research scientists. Nationally, there is a critical shortage of veterinary scientists. To fill this need, it is imperative to stimulate greater interest in research careers among veterinary students. Short-term research training programs, such as the one described in this proposal, are one means of accomplishing this goal. The focus of this training program is translational biomedical research, broadly encompassing the research areas of infectious diseases, reproductive biology, epidemiology, neuroscience, oncology, toxicology, nutrition and behavior. The program faculty includes 32 mentors from 10 different academic departments in 4 colleges. The program is 10 weeks in length and is open to veterinary students who have completed either one or two years in the professional curriculum. Ten trainee positions are available each program year. Trainees are matched with a faculty mentor who shares similar research interests. In collaboration with the faculty mentor, trainees formulate a testable hypothesis, design the experiments, collect and analyze the experimental data, and report the conclusions. Reporting of results includes authoring an abstract that is submitted to a national meeting, preparing a poster presentation of the work, and writing a short manuscript formatted for a scientific journal appropriate for publishing the results. Extensive instruction in the responsible conduct of research is provided through orientation week activities and a weekly seminar series. The seminar series also features presentations that highlight career opportunities available to veterinary scientists. Weekly scientific writing sessions are provided to assist trainees with preparation of the abstract, poster, and manuscript. A mini-symposium at the start of the program introduces trainees to the diversity of biomedical disciplines represented by the program faculty. At the conclusion of the program, trainees participate in an in-house poster session and in the National Veterinary Scholars Symposium.