This presentation offers an overview of the research conducted at the Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. The presentation was part of a retreat mini-symposium entitled: Collaborative Research Opportunities with Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine (TCSVM)

Anwer, M. Sawkat

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University of Massachusetts Medical School eScholarship@UMMS UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat 2013 UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat May 8th, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Collaborative Research Opportunities with Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine M. Sawkat Anwer Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Follow this and additional works at: https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cts_retreat  Part of the Translational Medical Research Commons, and the Veterinary Medicine Commons Anwer MS. (2013). Collaborative Research Opportunities with Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine. UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cts_retreat/2013/presentations/18 Creative Commons License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. This material is brought to you by eScholarship@UMMS. It has been accepted for inclusion in UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science Research Retreat by an authorized administrator of eScholarship@UMMS. For more information, please contact Lisa.Palmer@umassmed.edu. Collaborative Research Opportunities with Tufts Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine UMass CCTS Mini Symposium May 8, 2013 M. Sawkat Anwer Associate Dean for Research   We seek to improve the health and well-being of animals,  people and the environment in which they live,  through excellence and innovation in education, clinical service and research.   Mission About the school  360 Students, 120 Faculty (40 FTE Research), 400 Staff    Academic departments – Clinical Sciences – Biomedical Sciences – Infectious Disease and Global Health – Environmental and Population Health     Research Resources   Research Space: – 35,000 Sq. Ft.   NE Regional Biosafety Laboratory: – BSL3 and ABSL3 (TB, Tuleremia, Anthrax) – Aerobiology  Lab Animal Medicine: – Rodents, Small (dogs and cats) and large (Horses, sheep, goats, pigs, alpaca) animals  Five Teaching hospitals: – Spontaneous disease models – Clinical trials  Research Funding Trends 2001 - 2011  $-   $2,000,000   $4,000,000   $6,000,000   $8,000,000   $10,000,000   $12,000,000   $14,000,000  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Government (w/o construction) Industry Private Major Research Programs   Infectious diseases: – Pathogenesis and therapy   Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology: – Maternal Behavior, Transgenerational effects of drug addiction  Digestive Diseases: – Pathophysiology of cholestasis  Comparative Pulmonology: – Stem cells for respiratory diseases, Pulmonary function testing  International Medicine: – Veterinary Education, Epidemiology, Disease prevalence  Clinical Research  Research Expenditures by Program, 2011 51% 5% 5% 13% 19% 1% 4% 2% Infectious Disease Respiratory Digestive Neuro/Repro International Clinical Training Other Major Clinical Research Programs   Nutritional basis of diseases: – Obesity, Cardiac diseases, endocrine disorder, cancer  Comparative oncology – Genetics, Pathogenesis, clinical trials  Emergency & Critical Care: – Sepsis, Coagulopathies, Transfusion medicine  Behavior: – Genetic basis of OCD   Human Animal Interaction – Animal Assisted therapy, child development, Human-Animal Bond  Clinical Research by Specialty Area 2011 16% 21% 14% 2% 2% 45% Oncology Nutrition Behavior Emergency/Critical Care Cardiology Other Other Research Areas   Renal Diseases  Cardiology  Dermatology  Ophthalmology  Regenerative Medicine  Pain management  Wildlife and Conservation medicine  Orthopedics, Tissue Repair and Regeneration   Research Training Programs   Summer research training for DVM students (T35)  DVM/MS in Comparative Biomedical Sciences (T32)  DVM/MPH  DVM/MS in Lab Animal Medicine  PhD Program: – Infectious Diseases – Digestive Diseases – Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology – Pathology    Research Productivity   39% of submitted proposals funded  Ranked 7th nationally (Vet schools) in total sponsored research funding per faculty member  Ranked 3rd nationally (Vet Schools) in total sponsored research per net square foot of research space  Research Productivity In the past 3 years -  annual publication output has climbed from 147 to 231.  3 patents have been registered.  Mini symposium Presentations A pig model of the human gastro-intestinal tract: Drs. Tzipori & Widmer  Companion animals in translational cancer research: Dr. McNiel  Human animal interaction (HAI) in research and clinical practice: Drs. Linder & Mueller  Thank you 

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