UC Davis DVM/PhD Medical Scientist Training Program

加州大学戴维斯分校 DVM/博士医学科学家培训计划

• 批准号: 10204049
• 负责人: Xinbin Chen
• 金额: $ 24.02万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10204049
• 关键词: Doctor of Philosophy; Medical; Scientist; Training Programs

Project Summary/Abstract A clear need to train and retain veterinary physician scientists is outlined by several National Research Council reports in 2004, 2005 and 2013 and by the National Institutes of Health Physician-Scientist Workforce Report in 2014. Recruitment and retention of highly qualified biomedical scientists, especially clinician-scientists with the DVM degree continues to be one of the most challenging issues facing not only the broader research community, but specifically academic veterinary programs around the country. In response, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine initiated the Veterinary Scientist Training Program (VSTP) in 2000 with the first class of VSTP students matriculated in August 2001, which has become the second continuing program in the nation. To date, 30 graduates have completed the VSTP program with dual DVM/PhD. Currently, the VSTP program has 17 students and admitted 3 students to the class entering in 2019. Fourteen of our graduates have gone on to leadership careers in academia, government agencies, and industry. 12 recent graduates are still at the early stage of their post-DVM residency and/or postdoctoral training. Only four graduates (13.3%) have chosen to become small animal practitioners, but one of them has indicated to return to academia. Thus, the percentage of our VSTP graduates who are using their research training is more than 80%. Our mission is to prepare our students with dual DVM-PhD degrees to become compassionate and exceptional veterinarian- scientists engaged in basic and translational research to advance the health of people, animals, and environment. The goal of our VSTP program is to provide an outstanding environment for both clinical and biomedical research training at the nation's top-ranked School of Veterinary Medicine and College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences along with the University's internationally-recognized strong programs in Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Human Medicine. Most of our training faculty participate in established Centers and Institutes that promote collaborations and employ diverse evidence-based approaches to solving scientific problems through state-of-the-art equipment in individual labs and campus shared facilities. Our VSTP program hosts a number of student-centered activities, some of which are jointly organized with our medical school MD/PhD program, to create a unique learning environment in comparative medicine. Our students are an integral part of this dynamic environment and promote the excellence of the program through their research, outreach and student mentoring. Our objectives and intended outcomes for this T32 training grant are to: 1) prepare all of our trainees to become future leaders in academia, government service and public health, 2) provide greater exposure to career paths outside academia, 3) maintain the average time (8 years) to degree, 4) attract and train a diverse group of dual degree students, and 5) increase the number of dual degree trainees in training at UC Davis from 17 to 24.

项目摘要/摘要 几位国家研究委员会概述了培训和保留兽医科学家的明显需求 2004年，2005年和2013年的报告以及美国国立卫生研究院医师科学家劳动力报告 2014年。招募和保留高素质的生物医学科学家，尤其是临床医生 DVM学位仍然是不仅更广泛的研究面临的最具挑战性的问题之一 社区，但特别是全国各地的学术兽医计划。作为回应，加州大学戴维斯加州大学学校 兽医医学在2000年启动了兽医科学家培训计划（VSTP） VSTP学生于2001年8月入学，该学生已成为全国第二次持续计划。 迄今为止，有30名毕业生已经完成了Dual DVM/PhD的VSTP计划。目前，VSTP程序 有17名学生，并在2019年录取了3名学生上课。我们的14名毕业生已经走了 从学术界，政府机构和行业的领导职业开始。最近有12名毕业生仍在 DVM后居住和/或博士后培训的早期阶段。只选择了四个毕业生（13.3％） 成为小型动物从业人员，但其中一个已表示回到学术界。因此， 我们正在使用研究培训的VSTP毕业生中的百分比超过80％。我们的使命是 为我们的学生准备双重DVM-PHD学位，以成为富有同情心和卓越的兽医 - 科学家从事基础和转化研究，以促进人，动物和 环境。我们VSTP计划的目标是为临床和 美国顶级兽医学院和学院的生物医学研究培训 农业和环境科学以及大学的国际认可的强大计划 在生物科学，生物医学工程和人类医学中。我们的大多数培训教师都参加 在建立的中心和机构中，促进合作并采用多种证据 通过各个实验室和校园中的最新设备解决科学问题的方法 共享设施。我们的VSTP计划主持了许多以学生为中心的活动，其中一些是共同的 由我们的医学院医学博士/博士计划组织，以在比较中创建独特的学习环境 药品。我们的学生是这种动态环境不可或缺的一部分，并促进了卓越 通过他们的研究，外展和学生指导进行编程。我们的目标和预期的结果 这项T32培训补助金是：1）准备我们所有的学员，以成为学术界未来的领导者，政府 服务和公共卫生，2）提供更多的学术界职业道路的接触，3）维护 平均时间（8年）至学位，4）吸引和培训各种各样的双学位学生，5）增加 在加州大学戴维斯分校在17至24年在加州大学戴维斯分校进行培训的双学位学员的数量。