Cornell University Combined DVM-PhD Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)

该MSTP在康奈尔大学兽医学院（CVM）的使命是（i）创建一个多样化的 包容性兽医临床医生和科学家社区，以支持和指导DVM-PhD组合 学位（CD）学员沿着他们的个人身份，临床学科和研究领域的轴; (ii)提供临床兽医学和生物医学研究的综合培训， 受训人员以严格的临床医生-科学家的最高标准进行工作; ㈢发展生物医学 科学领导人表现出创造力，好奇心，同情心和服务;（iv）发展技能， 通过体验式学习，在广泛的兽医临床医生-科学家研究事业中取得成功。 为了实现这一使命，我们制定了一项灵活而充满活力的裁谈会培训计划， 独特的配对康奈尔大学的兽医学博士（DVM）课程与研究生（博士） 生物医学和生物科学（BBS）。目前康奈尔大学的CD计划有一个强大的 自2002年成立以来，取得了持续的成功。大约71%的24 CD毕业生 从事研究工作（33%在学术界，17%在政府，21%在工业界）。传入CD 学生将在实验室轮换后，从40名培训师中选择他们的博士导师 （包括4名附属培训师）代表8个研究专业，平均90万美元， 研究资助。康奈尔大学致力于为所有CD学生，包括MSTP学员，提供全面的 财政支持（学费，助学金，和健康保险）在他们的CD节目的所有年份。的 康奈尔大学对CD学生的培训是灵活的。它通常从DVM课程的1.5年开始， 然后转读三四年的博士学位，最后回到DVM剩下的2.5年 训练在目前的15名CD学生中，包括2名新入学的学员，6名（40%）持有 著名的博士前奖学金，包括5个NIH F30。我们MSTP的主要目标是：（1） 招募和留住学生，并发展多样化的CD学生群体;（2）发展生物医学科学 具有临床科学家所需的主要能力领域技能的领导者，即 知识与临床，技术，操作，专业和自我发展技能相结合;（3） 优化DVM和PhD培训整合以及通过时间的组合时间 DVM和博士培训的混合，DVM课程期间的研究，以及 博士课程;以及（4）扩大学术界和 超越学术界，并提高沟通，团队科学和创业技能。我们 总体目标是培养一批训练有素的兽医临床科学家， 具有学科知识和技能，使他们为领导角色做好独特的准备， 生物医学研究，以促进个人和人口层面的人类健康。

The mission of this MSTP at Cornell’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) is (i) to create a diverse and inclusive veterinary clinician and scientist community to support and mentor Combined DVM-PhD Degree (CD) trainees along the axes of their personal identity, clinical discipline, and research domain; (ii) to provide integrated training in clinical veterinary medicine and biomedical research that prepares trainees to perform at the highest standards as rigorous clinician-scientists; (iii) to develop biomedical science leaders exhibiting creativity, curiosity, compassion, and service; and (iv) to develop skills for success in a broad range of veterinary clinician-scientist research careers through experiential learning. Towards this mission, we have established a flexible and vibrant CD training plan that strategically and uniquely pairs Cornell’s Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) curriculum with the graduate (PhD) program in Biomedical and Biological Sciences (BBS). The current Cornell CD program has a strong track record of ongoing success since its creation in 2002. Approximately 71% of our 24 CD graduates are in research careers (33% in academia, 17% in government, and 21% in industry). Incoming CD students will choose their PhD mentor, after their laboratory rotations, from a pool of 40 trainers (including 4 affiliate trainers) representing 8 research specialties with an average of $900,000 of research grant funding. Cornell is committed to providing all CD students, including MSTP trainees, full financial support (tuition, stipend, and health insurance) for all years during their CD programming. The training of CD students at Cornell is flexible. It typically starts with 1.5 years in the DVM curriculum, then switching to a 3- or 4-year long Ph.D., and finally returning to the remaining 2.5 years of DVM training. Of the current cohort of 15 CD students, including 2 newly admitted trainees, 6 (40%) hold prestigious predoctoral fellowships, including 5 NIH F30s. Key objectives for our MSTP are to: (1) Recruit and retain students, and grow a diverse CD student cohort; (2) Develop biomedical science leaders with skills in major competency domains required for clinician-scientists, namely disciplinary knowledge combined with clinical, technical, operational, professional, and self-development skills; (3) Optimize DVM and PhD training integration and the combined time-to-degree through the temporal intermingling of DVM and PhD training, research during the DVM curriculum, and clinical training during the PhD curriculum; and (4) Expand opportunities for career development, both in academia and beyond academia, and enhance skills in communication, team-science, and entrepreneurship. Our overarching objective is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained veterinary clinician-scientists who have the disciplinary knowledge and skills that will uniquely prepare them for leadership roles in biomedical research to advance human health at the individual and population levels.