Summer Vision Sciences Training Program

项目摘要/摘要 这是一份T35暑期医学生视觉研究培训计划的续签申请 两个具体目标：1)向医学人员提供基础和临床视力研究方面的实践培训 学生在结构化的指导环境中，以及2)提供互动的教育体验 它向医学生介绍了基本、翻译和临床所需的基本技能。 视觉生物学研究。该计划的联席主任请求支持8名第二年的医疗 每年夏天，学生都会在视觉相关的研究实验室学习，这些实验室专注于视觉等主题 电路、视网膜变性、角膜上皮细胞动态平衡、葡萄膜炎、眼科药物发现以及 视觉系统的发展。实习生将从伊利诺伊大学一年级班级中挑选出来 路易斯维尔医学院。学生们将审查由18名教师提交的研究项目，该项目由 NEI或VISION相关基金会。董事们将特别努力招收符合以下条件的学生 科学界代表性不足，包括女性、少数民族和弱势群体 背景。学生将审查可用的项目，并将他们的选择排在第一到第五位，允许匹配 实习生和导师的关系。最终决定将基于导师和 实习生。在为期10周的暑期培训中，学生们与导师一起研究他们在 实验室环境，负责任的研究行为方面的完整培训，包括以下主题 伪造和伪造数据、剽窃、管理科学数据、出版做法和 负责任的作者、导师、管理和利益冲突。受训者将完成人类 课题，IRB培训，以及动物护理和处理，以满足其特定研究项目的要求。全 学员将参加每周2小时的“视觉科学研究培训研讨会”，旨在 在这个T35项目中，介绍由导师领导的眼科临床/转化性研究。这个 研讨会系列将以每个受训者向同行和 导师。此外，受训者将他们的研究结果以海报的形式与一所 医学界，为期一周的研究庆祝活动(研究！路易斯维尔)，包括全国 公认的内科医生-科学家作为主旨演讲者。将鼓励学员继续研究 作为Research Track中区别的一部分，这是一项专注于提供 在第二到第四年的医学研究中获得了有意义和富有成效的研究经验 学校，由学生在导师的指导下进行演讲，并在 第四个年头，朝着培养临床医生-科研人员的目标迈进。实习生将被跟踪以评估 这项T35计划对内科科学家职业生涯的影响。

Project Summary/Abstract This is a renewal application for a T35 summer medical student training program in vision research with two Specific Aims: 1) To provide hands-on training in basic and clinical vision research to medical students in a structured mentored environment and 2) To provide an interactive, educational experience that introduces medical students the fundamental skills necessary for basic, translational, and clinical research in vision biology. The co-directors of this program request support for 8 second-year medical students each summer in vision related research laboratories that focus on topics such as visual circuitry, retinal degeneration, corneal epithelial homeostasis, uveitis, ocular drug discovery, and development of the visual system. Trainees will be selected from the first-year class at University of Louisville School of Medicine. Students will review research projects submitted by 18 faculty funded by the NEI or vision related foundations. The directors will make a special effort to recruit students who are underrepresented in science, including females, ethnic minorities and from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students will review the available projects and rank their 1st-5th choices, allowing matching of trainees with mentors. Final decisions will be made based on interviews between mentors and Trainees. During the 10-week summer training, students work with mentors on their research project in laboratory settings, complete training in the Responsible Conduct of Research including topics such as fabrication and falsification of data, plagiarism, managing scientific data, publication practices and responsible authorship, mentorship, stewardship, and conflict of interest. Trainees will complete human subject, IRB training, and animal care and handling as required by their specific research projects. All Trainees will attend a 2-hour weekly “Vision Sciences Research Training Seminar” designed to introduce clinical/translational research in Ophthalmology led by mentors in this T35 program. The seminar series will culminate with each Trainee presenting his/her research project to peers and mentors. In addition, trainees present the results of their research as posters with peers at a School of Medicine-wide, week-long celebration of research (Research!Louisville) that includes nationally recognized physician-scientists as keynote speakers. Trainees will be encouraged to continue research as part of the Distinction in Research track that is an enrichment program focusing on providing meaningful and productive research experiences throughout second through fourth years of medical school, with ongoing presentations by students with mentors and 4+ weeks of research time in the fourth year toward the goal of developing clinician-researchers. Trainees will be tracked to assess the impact of this T35 program on careers as physician-scientists.