COURSE ON FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF VISION RESEARCH

愿景研究基础课程

• 批准号: 6384405
• 负责人: DAVID S PAPERMASTER
• 金额: $ 14.29万
• 依托单位: MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-04-01 至 2003-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6384405
• 关键词: health science research; meeting /conference /symposium; training; travel; vision

Description: (applicant's Abstract) A course on "Fundamental Aspects of Vision Research: Cell and Molecular Biological Aspects" has been offered at the Marine Biological Laboratories every other year for four years in 1992, 1994, 1996 and 1998. The course consists of an intense two-week period of lectures, seminars, laboratory exercises and patient-oriented case conferences on all components of the eye and its central connections. About 30 faculty participate in the course for varying lengths of time from 2 days to the entire 2 weeks. The 80 students that have attended have been followed to the extent possible to determine if the participation in the course has had impact on their career choices, their decision to engage in vision research and the degree to which the course accelerated their careers and the progress of their early research to enable them to compete successfully for funding of vision research. In addition, reunions have been held at ARVO to retain contact with former students, to obtain continuing feedback on course design and impact and to determine if substantive changes should be made in the course. The course was initially designed to be responsive to "Vision Research, a National Plan" in its earlier version in 1988 and again in 1994 which stated (1994-1998, p. 362-3): "we must devise innovative techniques for recruiting, nurturing, training and developing the future cadres of vision researchers. There is a real need to bring young scientists of the highest caliber with experience in molecular genetics, cell biology, immunology and biostatistics/epidemiology into vision research." The students have been drawn from these fields, with about 50% having no prior experience in vision research; the others were typically new postdoctoral fellows who were entering a vision research lab. The response has been very gratifying. Significant proportions of the graduates of the '92 and '94 classes are now funded independent investigators supported by NEI grants or other sources. Some of the students have made important contributions in areas of great need in the anterior segment, i.e. cornea, lens and glaucoma research.

描述：（申请人的摘要）关于“视觉的基本方面”的课程 研究：细胞和分子生物学方面”已在海洋 1992年、1994年、1996年和1999年， 1998.该课程包括为期两周的密集讲座，研讨会， 实验室练习和面向患者的病例会议， 眼睛和它的中央连接。大约有30名教师参加了这门课程 从两天到两周不等的时间。80名学生 已尽可能跟踪出席会议的人员，以确定 参加课程对她们的职业选择、她们的 从事视觉研究的决定以及课程 加速了他们的职业生涯和早期研究的进展， 他们成功地竞争视觉研究的资金。此外，本发明还提供了一种方法， 在ARVO举行了聚会，以保持与以前学生的联系， 获取有关课程设计和影响的持续反馈，并确定 课程要有实质性的改变。该课程最初是 旨在响应“视觉研究，国家计划”在其早期 1988年和1994年的版本指出（1994-1998，第362-3页）：“我们必须 为招聘、培养、培训和发展制定创新技术 视觉研究者的未来骨干。有一个真实的需要， 在分子遗传学、细胞遗传学、细胞遗传学、 生物学、免疫学和生物统计学/流行病学纳入视觉研究。“那 学生来自这些领域，约50%的学生没有任何专业背景。 视觉研究经验;其他人通常是新的博士后 进入视觉研究实验室的研究员。反应非常 令人欣慰92届和94届的毕业生中， 现在是由NEI赠款或其他资助的独立调查人员 源一些学生在以下领域做出了重要贡献： 在眼前节，即角膜、透镜和青光眼研究中的巨大需求。