OCULAR GROWTH AND REFRACTIVE ERROR DEVELOPMENT IN INFANT

本申请提出了一个扩大的临床研究计划，并指导开始临床研究者格雷厄姆E。医学博士奎因。 Quinn博士是早产儿视网膜病变和视觉发育的既定临床研究者。 他最近的课程工作和临床流行病学和生物统计学的正式培训为他进一步发展自己的研究提供了坚实的基础，并为新研究人员提供了所需的适当环境和指导。 奎因博士与费城儿童医院和宾夕法尼亚大学的其他研究人员和中心建立了合作关系，加强了拟议的研究和指导计划。 他正在请求支持，以便在一段时间内集中研究眼部生长和屈光不正的发展，以提高他的临床研究生涯，并允许更多的时间来指导初级研究人员学习临床研究的方法。 该奖项的目标是在费城儿童医院和宾夕法尼亚大学建立一个眼部生长和发育研究中心。

This application proposes an expanded program of clinical research and mentoring of beginning clinical investigators by Graham E. Quinn, MD. Dr. Quinn is an established clinical investigator in retinopathy of prematurity and visual development. His recent course work and formal training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics provide him with a strong foundation for further development of his own research, as well as for providing the appropriate environment and guidance needed by new investigators. Dr. Quinn has established collaborations with other investigators and centers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and at the University of Pennsylvania that strengthen the proposed program of research and mentoring. He is requesting support to allow a period of intensive research focus in ocular growth and refractive error development to enhance his clinical research career, as well as allowing more time to mentor junior investigators to learn methods of clinical research. The goal of this award is to develop a center for the study of ocular growth and development at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and at the University of Pennsylvania.