University of Wisconsin-Madison Vision Research Training Program

威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校视觉研究培训计划

• 批准号: 10431936
• 负责人: ROBERT W NICKELLS
• 金额: $ 12.51万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-09-30 至 2024-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10431936
• 关键词: Training Programs; Universities; Vision research; Wisconsin

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Technological advances are contributing to significant progress in different areas of basic research. However, such advances often exceed their clinical translation. The vision community is not exempt from this dilemma. Resolution of the gap requires an interdisciplinary approach to training vision scientists in a collaborative setting of scientists and clinicians that will ultimately advance medical care. We are re-submitting a Vision Research Training Program (VRTP) T32 grant to help achieve this objective. The VRTP is an interdisciplinary training program in the visual sciences that crosses traditional department and institute boundaries. The goal of the program is to provide research training in basic science disciplines relevant to vision research. The VRTP also supports interdisciplinary, collaborative and translational research so that trainees are prepared to enter and compete within emerging, interactive research environments. Currently, there is no vision-related T32 grant or equivalent support mechanism at UW-Madison. In fact, any training in vision research is now conducted in a disbursed fashion with trainees mentored by individual faculty and not provided a broader context and cross collaboration among faculty from multiple disciplines. If funded, the VRTP will provide exceptional scientific training as well as provide a structure for interactions with translational and basic scientists to meet our stated goal of understanding, preventing and treating diseases of the visual system. VRTP will act as a focal point for the vision community on campus in accomplishing these research and societal objectives. UW-Madison is an outstanding environment for the training of future vision scientists and provides the essential elements for pre- and post-doctoral training. These include a Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS) with equal exemplary prowess in research and clinical activities; the McPherson Eye Research Institute (MERI); a School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) with renown faculty and physical facilities; an equally renown Graduate School with Schools and Colleges containing numerous graduate programs and outstanding research mentors in the biological, engineering, and computational sciences; and a history of collegiality and collaborative research among faculty that allows students to develop into outstanding translational investigators. Sixteen faculty affiliated with DOVS and MERI currently comprise the VRTP. They are organized according to four areas of research emphasis: (a) Development and Diseases of the Anterior Segment, (b) Development and Diseases of the Posterior Segment; (c) Ocular Epidemiology and Genetics; (d) Higher Order Visual Processing. Support is being requested for 2 pre-doctoral trainees and 2 post-doctoral trainees. Pre-doctoral trainees will be supported by the training grant for 2-3 years and post-doctoral trainees for 1-3 years. Additional years of support will be obtained through several sources, including the Advisor's federal and non- federal funding, individual NRSA grants and SMPH and Graduate School resources. Training will consist of didactic and research components. Trainees will benefit from individual development plans as well as career planning and counseling. Significant institutional commitment to training will help ensure the success of the program, in addition to recruitment and retention plans to enhance diversity and plans for instruction in the responsible conduct of research.

项目总结/摘要 技术进步有助于在基础教育的不同领域取得重大进展。 research.然而，这些进展往往超过其临床转化。Vision社区 也不能免于这种困境。解决差距需要采取跨学科的方法， 在科学家和临床医生的协作环境中培训视觉科学家， 先进的医疗护理。我们正在重新提交视觉研究培训计划（VRTP）T32 拨款以帮助实现这一目标。VRTP是一个跨学科的培训计划， 视觉科学，跨越传统的部门和研究所的界限。的目标 该计划提供与视觉研究相关的基础科学学科的研究培训。 VRTP还支持跨学科，合作和转化研究， 受训人员准备进入新兴的互动研究环境并在其中竞争。 目前，在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校没有与视觉相关的T32补助金或同等支持机制。 事实上，任何视觉研究的培训现在都是以支付的方式与学员进行的 由个别教师指导，没有提供更广泛的背景和交叉合作 来自多个学科的教师。如果获得资助，VRTP将提供卓越的科学研究， 培训，并提供与翻译和基础科学家互动的结构， 达到我们所宣称的理解、预防和治疗视觉系统疾病的目标。 VRTP将作为校园视觉社区的协调中心，完成这些任务。 研究和社会目标。 威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校是培养未来视觉科学家的杰出环境， 提供了前和博士后培训的基本要素。其中包括一个部门 眼科和视觉科学（DOVS）在研究和 临床活动;麦克弗森眼科研究所（MERI）;医学院和 公共卫生（SMPH）与著名的教师和物理设施;一个同样著名的毕业生 学校与学校和学院包含众多的研究生课程和杰出的 生物学、工程学和计算科学的研究导师; 教师之间的合议和合作研究，让学生发展成为 杰出的翻译研究者 16名隶属于DOVS和MERI的教师目前组成了VRTP。他们是 根据四个研究重点领域组织：（a） 前段，（B）后段的发育和疾病;（c）眼部 流行病学和遗传学;（d）高阶视觉处理。正在请求支持 2名博士前培训生和2名博士后培训生。博士前培训生将获得以下支持： 培训补助金为2-3年，博士后培训人员为1-3年。更多年 将通过几个来源获得支持，包括顾问的联邦和非联邦政府 联邦资金，个人NRSA赠款和SMPH和研究生院的资源。培训 将包括教学和研究部分。学员将受益于个人 发展计划以及职业规划和咨询。重大的体制 除了招聘外，对培训的承诺将有助于确保该计划的成功 和保留计划，以提高多样性和计划的指示，在负责任的行为， research.