SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR VETERINARY STUDENTS (T35)

描述(申请人提供)：这是卫生专业学校学生短期培训的续签申请。这项申请的总体目标是激发有才华的兽医学生的研究兴趣，并让他们接触到研究生涯中固有的机会。该项目将为兽医学生提供以下生物医学研究领域的研究培训机会：消化系统疾病、传染病、营养/心血管疾病、生殖生物学/神经科学、呼吸系统疾病、国际/野生生命医学、肿瘤学和麻醉学。该项目旨在向学生介绍活跃的生物医学研究环境，并在以下特定领域对他们进行培训：对已发表数据的批判性评估、假设的发展、研究申请的准备、实验设计、研究伦理、数据的分析和组织以及结果的口头和书面陈述。拟议的项目每年将招收15名学生，学生将在竞争的基础上进行挑选。所有一年级和二年级的兽医学生将有资格使用标准格式提交研究申请，并由他/她选择的项目教师提供意见。提交的申请将由一个教员委员会使用预先定义的标准进行评估和排名。除了申请的科学价值外，将优先考虑被积极招募的少数族裔学生，以及愿意在此训练期后继续进行研究的学生。6月、7月和8月期间的培训将在现有实验室进行，目前正在进行项目和提供资金。每一位学员都将被要求参加由项目主任主持的“负责任的研究行为”专题研讨会，提交一份书面报告，并在一年一度的兽医学生研究日上做口头陈述。该计划的成功和影响将通过一种调查方法进行评估，以确定在最初的培训期后积极参与生物医学研究的受训者人数。 公共卫生相关性(由申请者提供)：需要有更多的卫生专业人员进行生物医学研究，以改进各种疾病的诊断和治疗。这笔赠款建议培训兽医进行生物医学研究，从而增加从事研究以改善人类和动物健康的卫生专业人员的数量。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This is a renewal application for short-term training for students in health professional schools. The overall objective of this application is to stimulate research interests in talented veterinary students and to expose them to opportunities inherent in a research career. The program will provide research training opportunities for veterinary students in the following biomedical research areas: digestive diseases, infectious diseases, nutrition/cardiovascular disease, reproductive biology/neuroscience, respiratory diseases, international/wild life medicine, oncology and anesthesiology. This program is specifically designed to introduce students to active biomedical research environments and to train them in following specific areas: critical evaluation of published data, development of hypothesis, preparation of research applications, experimental designs, research ethics, analysis and organization of data, and oral and written presentations of results. The proposed program will accept 15 students per year, and the students will be selected on a competitive basis. All first and second year veterinary students will be eligible to submit a research application using a standard format with input from a program faculty of his/her choice. The submitted applications will be evaluated and ranked in order of merit by a faculty committee using predefined criteria. Apart from the scientific merit of the application, preference will be given to minority students, to be actively recruited, and students who exhibit willingness to continue to conduct research beyond this training period. Training during the months of June, July and August will take place in established laboratories with ongoing projects and funding. Each trainee will be required attend a special seminar on "responsible conduct in Research" conducted by the program director, submit a written report and make an oral presentation at the annual veterinary student research day. The success and impact of the program will be evaluated by using a survey method to determine the number of trainees actively involved in biomedical research following their initial training period. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): There is a need to have more health professionals conducting biomedical research to improve diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. This grant proposes to train veterinarians to conduct biomedical research and thereby increase the number of health professionals engaged in research to improve human as well as animal health.