Abstract
INTRODUCTION Converging events in the biomedical research arena suggest that research activities relying heavily on animal use may have expanded so much that the supply of veterinarians trained in specialties related to biomedical research is inadequate. This concern led the Institute for Laboratory Animal Research of the National Academies (ILAR) to convene a committee to study a highly relevant issue facing the biomedical research community both in academia and in industry: How can more veterinarians be prepared for careers in biomedical research? The seriousness of the issue is reflected in the diverse institutions supporting the study, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM), the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVME), GlaxoSmithKline, Merck and Co., and Pfizer, Inc. The ILAR study was authored by a committee of experts, chaired by Dr. James Fox, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This article is based on the executive summary of the committee’s report, National Need and Priorities for Veterinarians in Biomedical Research.
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