Strategic Plan: Goal Three

Build research leadership and training in animal and human health...

Goal Three: Four-Year Objectives

Invest in research areas of excellence identified through strategic planning.
Ensure success through a comprehensive program of mentoring to launch and sustain research programs.
Cultivate collaborative, interdisciplinary and translational research that leverages our unique strengths.
Ensure our training programs provide leading-edge biomedical education and research instruction.

Productivity and impact of our research.
Success in winning external support from federal, industry and foundation sources.
Graduate student success documented through awards, publications and employment outcomes.
Participation of our researchers in interdisciplinary activity outside the College.

Invest in research areas of excellence identified through strategic planning

Milestones

Ensure our training programs provide leading-edge biomedical education and research instruction

Milestones

Increase focus on continuing education and research development for staff. This will also include increased communication on our research reputation internally among the CVM community and external with the broader science community.

Invest in research areas of excellence identified through strategic planning

Milestones

Strategically invest new research funding to provide the most efficient and impactful growth of our metrics by:
- Providing bridging funds for faculty very close to moving to the next stage of their career
- Investing in grant mentoring opportunities from successful writers
- Providing pilot funding for faculty who have participated in grant mentoring but need more data to obtain success
- Investing in equipment or personnel that improves faculty research efficiency

Ensure our training programs provide leading-edge biomedical education and research instruction

Milestones

Provide monthly professional development programs that are open to all graduate students, post doctoral fellow and house offices on academic and industry career development
Provide every other month programs that culminate in the award of the Comparative Biomedical Teaching Certificate.
Provide biweekly and monthly grant writing mentorship for trainees pursuing federal funding opportunities.
Provide funded externship opportunities with industry partners for trainees interested in careers in industry

Milestones

Develop a monthly meeting for research staff for networking and topic discussions
Develop a team of research staff volunteers who will provide input and serve as liaisons between staff and college leadership
Develop continuing education options for research staff under the direction of the research staff liaisons

2. Develop a program of mentoring for CVM post-doctoral fellows

Milestones

Develop a faculty committee to oversee and develop a mentoring and educational program for post-doctoral fellows
Institute the first phase of a structured program that will provide career mentoring for post-doctoral fellows

Improve College community awareness of ongoing research and collaborative opportunities

Milestones

Redesign the Research internal website to provide research tools and networking information for both faculty and research staff
Develop research connection videos that provide information on ongoing research in brief, time efficient snippets
Use social media to provide updates on college faculty, staff and student research achievements