Harnessing academia, government, and industry.
Harnessing academia, government, and industry.
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利用学术界、政府和工业界。
DOI：
10.1167/iovs.12-9483q
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Tumminia,SantaJ
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作者：
Tumminia,SantaJ
最近的研讨会“青光眼：治疗的新机会”的目标之一是强调青光眼研究的领域，在适当的资金支持下，在预防、诊断和治疗方面取得重大进展的时机已经成熟。另一个目标是探索合作伙伴关系和促进这些领域的翻译的进程，不仅是青光眼，而且是所有影响视觉功能的疾病。在本文中，我将介绍两个目标中的第二个。自1968年国家眼科研究所(NEI)成立以来，其使命一直是在视力研究的所有领域“开展和支持关于失明眼病、视力障碍、视觉功能机制、视力保护以及盲人特殊健康问题和要求的研究、培训、健康信息传播和其他计划”。作为联邦政府的一部分，NEI有明确的指导方针和规则，管理它如何在从基础研究到临床应用，再到医学界接受和采用视觉科学作为护理标准的整个过程中。视觉研究是一个协作的过程，通过积极的科学讨论、研究者驱动的假设以及负责任的项目管理和支持，被证明是成功的。视觉研究社区如何最好地与NEI互动以促进成功的视觉研究？大多数社区成员都熟悉更传统的互动机制(即拨款和合同)，但“利用学术界、政府和行业”这一主题让我们有机会讨论其他可能不太知名的伙伴关系机制。这篇文章的目的是探索NEI工具箱和各种可用的支持机制，通过NEI、学术界和产业界之间的合作伙伴关系促进眼病研究。
One of the goals of the recent workshop,“An Eye on Glaucoma: New Opportunities for Treatment,” was to highlight areas of glaucoma research that, with appropriate funding, are ripe for major advancement for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Another goal was the exploration of collaborative partnership and the process for facilitating translation of these areas, not just for glaucoma but for all diseases affecting visual function. In this article, I address the second of the two goals. Since the National Eye Institute (NEI) was established in 1968, its mission has been to “conduct and support research, training, health information dissemination, and other programs with respect to blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, and the special health problems and requirements of the blind” in all areas of vision research. As part of the federal government, the NEI has distinct guidelines and rules that govern how it can foster vision science along the continuum from basic research, to clinical application, to acceptance and adoption by the medical community as the standard of care. Vision research is a collaborative process shown to be successful through engaged scientific discussion, investigator-driven hypotheses, and responsible program management and support.How does the vision research community best interact with the NEI to foster successful vision research? Most members of the community are familiar with the more traditional mechanisms of interaction (ie, grants and contracts), but the topic “Harnessing Academia, Government, and Industry” gives us the opportunity to discuss other, perhaps less well-known partnership mechanisms. The purpose of this article is to explore the NEI toolbox and the various support mechanisms available for fostering research in eye disease, through partnerships between NEI, academia, and industry.