Research Training for Veterinary Students

总结 具有生物医学和比较研究技能的兽医专家对确保“一个健康”至关重要 并满足国家卫生研究院的使命;然而，缺乏具有生物医学研究培训的兽医， 导致研究专业知识多样性的差距和缺乏研究动物模型开发的熟练程度 在生物医学劳动力中。爱荷华州州立大学（ISU）的兽医学院（CVM） 教育兽医的持久历史，其中许多人已经进入生物医学研究的职业生涯。我们 传入（2018-19）学生类是历史上我们最大的（127名学生）和最多样化的，并增加 与内布拉斯加大学林肯分校签订合作教育协议的额外学生 兽医和生物医学科学（UNL-DVM，27名学生）和塔斯基吉大学（1名学生）导致一个 大量的学生作为T35资助的学者在我们的夏季学者研究计划招聘 （SSRP）。此外，尽管生物医学研究资金的竞争不断加剧，但来自各种机构的奖项 联邦（例如，NIH，USDA，DOD，FDA），行业，利益相关者和基金会来源，以ISU CVM研究人员， 在过去的3年里，包括T35提案的导师在内， 年这种未来的学者，导师研究成果的结合，以及与 地方、地区和国家机构，沿着我们SSRP的历史成就， 我们在培训下一代兽医研究人员方面取得成功的潜力， T35训练计划 T35支持的学者培训项目和ISU CVM的SSRP的总体目标是增加 通过赋予兽医学生生物医学的兴趣和技能， 在夏季进行为期13周的培训计划，以提高他们对关键技术的理解。 的方面，并提供了一条进入生物医学研究领域的途径。在这个新的应用程序中，我们概述了 计划通过展示我们的教师导师库的成功，建立匹配， 导师与学者的过程，旨在确定最有可能从事研究职业的学生 支持国家卫生研究院的使命，进行培训计划，包括富有成效的实验室经验 在最先进的设施中，由合格的导师指导，并加强 节目本申请中提出的工作将有助于提供一个特殊的兽医管道， 引导学生进入生物医学研究的职业道路，并将有助于减少关键短缺， 兽医研究人员需要解决一个健康的挑战。

SUMMARY Veterinary specialists with biomedical and comparative research skills are essential for ensuring One Health and meeting the mission of the NIH; however, a shortage of veterinarians with biomedical research training has resulted in gaps in research expertise diversity and a lack of proficiency in research animal model development in the biomedical workforce. The College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at Iowa State University (ISU) has an enduring history of educating veterinarians, many of whom have entered careers in biomedical research. Our incoming (2018-19) student class is historically our largest (127 students) and most diverse, and is augmented by additional students from cooperative educational agreements with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (UNL-DVM, 27 students) and Tuskegee University (1 student) leading to a substantial pool of students for recruitment as T35-funded scholars in our Summer Scholar Research Program (SSRP). Additionally, despite escalating competition in biomedical research funding, awards from various federal (eg. NIH, USDA, DOD, FDA), industry, stakeholder, and foundation sources to ISU CVM researchers, including mentors on this T35 proposal, have increased from $13 million to almost $18 million in the past 3 years. This combination of prospective scholars, mentor research accomplishments, and collaboration with local, regional, and national institutions, along with demonstrated historical achievement of our SSRP speaks to the potential for our success in training the next generation of veterinarian researchers with assistance from this T35 training program. The overall goal of the T35-supported scholar training project and the SSRP at ISU CVM is to increase the workforce in One Health by empowering veterinary medical students with interest and skills in biomedical research with a 13-week training program during summer periods to enhance their understanding of key aspects of, and provide a pathway into, the field of biomedical research. In this new application, we outline a plan for achieving our goals by demonstrating the success of our faculty mentor pool, establishing a matching process of mentors with scholars that is intended to identify students most likely to pursue a career in research that supports the NIH mission, conducting a training program that includes fruitful laboratory experiences guided by engaged and qualified mentors in state-of-the-art facilities, and enhancing the impact and diversity of the program. The work proposed in this application will help to provide a pipeline of exceptional veterinary students guided into a career path in biomedical research and will aid in reducing the critical shortage of veterinarian researchers needed to address One Health challenges.