VMD-Phd training in infectious disease-related research

传染病相关研究的 VMD-Phd 培训

• 批准号: 7624590
• 负责人: Michael Lee Atchison
• 金额: $ 17.71万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7624590
• 关键词: Communicable Diseases; Research; Training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): There is an urgent need to increase the number of veterinarian-scientists with expertise in infectious disease research. Over 60% of all infectious diseases of animals can also affect humans, and incidences of new, emerging zoonotic infectious diseases are increasing. Moreover there continues to be a threat of bioterrorism, with the risk of the deliberate introduction of pathogens into the U.S. food supply. A recent report by the National Research Council points out that there is an unprecedented decline in interest in public health and biomedical research by veterinarians, and argues that society's need to protect against these threats is outgrowing the veterinary knowledge base. Our program seeks to directly address this national need through our VMD-PhD training program in infectious disease-related research. This program is contained within the umbrella of our existing VMD-PhD program which has a 38 year track record of success. Our training program includes infectious disease-related programatic structures such as Infectious disease discussion groups, infectious disease-related seminars, the annual infectious-disease retreat, a global health overview course, and externships at government public health agencies. This is coupled with infectious disease-related veterinary and graduate didactic education, rigorous biomedical PhD thesis research, and veterinary clinical training. The program is further supported by synergistic activities provided by the larger VMD-PhD and MD-PhD programs. Students receive VMD training at the Penn School of Veterinary Medicine, and PhD training within one of the Penn Biomedical Graduate Groups devoted to research in infectious disease-related research (1) Microbiology, Virology, and Parasitology, 2) Immunology, or 3) Epidemiology and Biostatistics). This application brings together 43 faculty trainers with established research programs in the above disciplines. These faculty have a rich history of predoctoral and postdoctoral training and have trained nearly 700 individuals. Throughout the program, VMD and PhD curricula are interdigitated and programs are in place to bridge the two training programs to provide maximal synergy. Extensive oversight and advising systems are also in place to provide an efficient and well structured program. In summary, we seek to address a pressing national need for more veterinarian-scientists through our VMD-PhD program in infectious disease-related research.

描述（由申请人提供）：迫切需要增加具有传染病研究专业知识的兽医科学家的数量。在所有动物的传染病中，超过60％也会影响人类，新兴的人畜共患感染疾病的事件正在增加。此外，仍然存在生物恐怖主义的威胁，并有意将病原体引入美国粮食供应。国家研究委员会最近的一份报告指出，兽医对公共卫生和生物医学研究的兴趣前所未有下降，并认为社会防止这些威胁的需求超越了兽医知识库。我们的计划旨在通过与传染病相关的研究中的VMD-PHD培训计划直接满足这一国家需求。该程序包含在我们现有的VMD-PHD计划的保护伞中，该计划具有38年的成功记录。我们的培训计划包括与传染病相关的程序结构，例如传染病讨论小组，与传染病有关的研讨会，年度传染性疾病静修，A 全球卫生概述课程以及政府公共卫生机构的实施。这与传染病相关的兽医和研究生教育，严格的生物医学博士学位论文研究和兽医临床培训结合使用。较大的VMD-PHD和MD-PHD计划提供的协同活动进一步支持该计划。学生在宾夕法尼亚州兽医学院接受VMD培训，并在宾夕法尼亚州生物医学研究生群体之一中接受博士学位培训，该研究生专门研究与传染病相关的研究（1）微生物学，病毒学和寄生虫学，2）免疫学，或3）流行病学和生物统计学）。该应用程序将43位教师培训师与上述学科的既定研究计划汇集在一起​​。这些教职员工拥有丰富的术前和博士后培训的历史，并培训了近700名个人。在整个计划中，VMD和PHD课程都是互连的，并且已经制定了桥接两个培训计划以提供最大协同作用的计划。还建立了广泛的监督和咨询系统，以提供有效且结构良好的计划。总而言之，我们试图通过我们在与传染病相关的研究中的VMD-PHD计划来满足对更多兽医科学家的迫切需求。